Symeon the New Theologian, Letters

Concerning the vision of the divine light that occurred to him, and how the divine light is not comprehended by darkness; in which also, being astonished by the excess of the revelations, he remembers human weakness and condemns himself. (201) ........................................................................................................................................... 130

ΚΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 134 That he who still lives in ignorance of God is dead in the midst of those who live in the knowledge

of God and that for those who partake of the mysteries unworthily the divine body and blood of Christ becomes incomprehensible. (207).................................................................. 134

ΚΖ'.............................................................................................................................. 137 What sort of person a monk ought to be and what is his work and what is his progress and

ascent. (211) ............................................................................................................... 137 ΚΗ'. ............................................................................................................................ 141 Concerning the noetic revelation of the energies of the divine light and of the noetic

and divine work of the virtuous life. (217) ........................................................... 141 ΚΘ'. ............................................................................................................................ 147 That the divine realities are manifest only to those to whom, through participation

in the Holy Spirit, God has been united, whole to whole. (225) ............................ 147 Λ'................................................................................................................................ 156 To one of the disciples, that the divine fire of the Spirit, having touched souls purified through tears and

repentance, seizes them and purifies them more, illuminating the parts of them that were darkened by sin and healing their wounds, brings them to a complete mending, so that they shine exceedingly with divine beauty. (237) ..................................................................................................................... 156

ΛΑ'. ............................................................................................................................ 170 Concerning theology and that the divine nature is unsearchable and in every way to men

incomprehensible. (257) ........................................................................................................ 170 ΛΒ'. ............................................................................................................................ 175 That the glorious of the earth and those puffed up with wealth wander about the shadow of things seen,

but those who have despised present things come to be in unerring participation of the Divine Spirit. (264)................................................................................. 175

ΛΓ'.............................................................................................................................. 178 Concerning theology; and that those who have preserved the image trample on the evil powers

of the ruler of darkness, but the others, whose life is subject to passions, are controlled and ruled by him. (268)................................................................ 178

Λ∆'. ............................................................................................................................ 181 That the union of the All-holy Spirit with purified souls happens with clear perception,

that is, in full knowledge and, in whomever it happens, it makes them luminous like itself and works them into light. (273).................................................................. 181

ΛΕ'.............................................................................................................................. 185 That all the saints, being illumined, are enlightened and behold the glory of God,

as it is permitted for human nature to see God. (278) ................................... 185 ΛΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 188 Thanksgiving for the exile and the tribulations which he underwent in the persecution

against him. (283).................................................................................................................. 188 ΛΖ'.............................................................................................................................. 190 Supplication and prayer of the same to God for the sake of His help (286)

........................................................................................................................................... 190 ΛΗ'. ............................................................................................................................ 192

Περί τῆς γενομένης θεωρίας αὐτῷ τοῦ θείου φωτρός, καί ὅπως τό θεῖον φῶς οὐ καταλαμβάνεται ὑπό σκότους˙ ἐν οἷς καί διά τήν ὑπερβολήν τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων ἐκπληττόμενος μέμνηται τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἀσθενείας καί ἑαυτόν κατακρίνει. (201) ........................................................................................................................................... 130

ΚΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 134 Ὅτι ὁ ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ Θεοῦ ἔτι ζῶν νεκρός ἐστι μέσον τῶν ζώντων ἐν γνώσει

Θεοῦ καί ὅτι τοῖς ἀναξίως τῶν μυστηρίων μεταλαμβάνουσιν ἄληπτον τό θεῖον σῶμα καί αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ γίνεται. (207).................................................................. 134

ΚΖ'.............................................................................................................................. 137 Ὁποῖον δεῖ εἶναι τόν μοναχόν καί τίς ἡ ἐργασία καί τίς ἡ τούτου προκοπή καί

ἀνάβασις. (211) ............................................................................................................... 137 ΚΗ'. ............................................................................................................................ 141 Περί νοητῆς ἀποκαλύψεως τῶν ἐνεργειῶν τοῦ θείου φωτός καί ἐργασίας

νοερᾶς τε καί θείας τῆς ἐναρέτου ζωῆς. (217) ........................................................... 141 ΚΘ'. ............................................................................................................................ 147 Ὅτι μόνοις ἐκείνοις καταφανῆ τά τῶν θείων πραγμάτων, οἷς διά τῆς

μετουσίας τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ὅλοις ὅλος ἡνώθη Θεός. (225) ............................ 147 Λ'................................................................................................................................ 156 Πρός ἕνα τῶν μαθητῶν, ὅτι ταῖς καθαρθείσαις ψυχαῖς διά δακρύων καί

μετανοίας προσψαῦσαν τό θεῖον τοῦ Πνεύματος πῦρ δράσσεται αὐτῶν καί πλεον καθαίρει, φωτίζον τά ὑπό τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐσκοτισμένα μέρη αὐτῶν καί τά τραύματα ἐξιώμενον εἰς τελεῖαν φέρει συνούλωσιν, ὡς τῷ θείῳ κάλλει ὑπεραστράπτειν αὐτάς. (237) ..................................................................................................................... 156

ΛΑ'. ............................................................................................................................ 170 Περί θεολογίας καί ὅτι ἀνεξερεύνητος ἡ θεία φύσις καί πάντῃ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις

ἀκατανόητος. (257) ........................................................................................................ 170 ΛΒ'. ............................................................................................................................ 175 Ὅτι οἱ ἔνδοξοι τῆς γῆς καί σοβαροί τῷ πλούτῳ περί τήν σκιάν τῶν ὁρωμένων

πλανῶνται, οἱ δέ γε τῶν παρόντων καταφρονήσαντες ἐν ἀπλανεῖ μεθέξει τοῦ Θείου γίνονται Πνεύματος. (264)................................................................................. 175

ΛΓ'.............................................................................................................................. 178 Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι οἱ τό κατ᾿ εἰκόνα φυλάξαντες τάς πονηράς δυνάμεις

τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ σκότους καταπατοῦσιν, οἱ δ᾿ ἄλλοι, οἷς ἐμπαθής ὁ βίος, ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ κρατοῦνται καί βασιλεύονται. (268)................................................................ 178

Λ∆'. ............................................................................................................................ 181 Ὅτι ἡ τοῦ Παναγίου Πνεύματος ἕνωσις πρός κεκαθαρμένας ψυχάς ἐν αἰσθήσει

τρανῇ, ἤγουν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει γίνεται καί, ἐν αἷς ἄν γένηται, φωτοειδεῖς ὁμοίας ἑαυτόῦ καί φῶς αὐτάς ἀπεργάζεται. (273).................................................................. 181

ΛΕ'.............................................................................................................................. 185 Ὅτι πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι ἐλλαμπόμενοι αὐγάζονται καί τήν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ

καθορῶσιν, ὡς θεμιτόν ἀνθρωπίνῃ φύσει Θεόν ὁρᾶν. (278) ................................... 185 ΛΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 188 Εὐχαριστία ὑπέρ τῆς ἐξορίας καί τῶν θλίψεων, ὧν ὑπέστη ἐν τῷ κατ᾿ αὐτόν

διωγμῷ. (283).................................................................................................................. 188 ΛΖ'.............................................................................................................................. 190 ∆έησις καί προσευχή τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρός Θεόν τῆς ἐκείνου ἕνεκα βοηθείας (286)