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On theology; and that the mind, cleansed of the matter of the passions, immaterially beholds the immaterial and invisible one. (289)................................................................................ 192

39. ............................................................................................................................ 194 That desire and love for God surpasses all love and all

human desire; and the mind of those who are being purified, having been dipped in the light of God, is wholly deified and is thenceforth called the mind of Christ. (293)....................................... 194

40. .............................................................................................................................. 197 Confession of the grace of the gifts of God; and how the father writing these things

was moved by the Holy Spirit; and a teaching spoken by God, of what one must do to attain the salvation of those who are being saved. (296)......................... 197

41. ........................................................................................................................... 199 Thanksgiving to God for the good deeds done by Him and a request

to learn for what reason those who have become perfect are permitted to be tempted by demons; and a teaching and an outline spoken by God concerning those who renounce the world. (300) .............................................................................................. 199

42. ........................................................................................................................... 206 That those who already from this life through participation in the Holy Spirit

have been united, departing from life, will be with Him forever thereafter; but if not, the opposite will then happen for those who are otherwise disposed here. (310)................. 206

43............................................................................................................................. 212 That it is better to be shepherded well than to shepherd those who are unwilling; nor

for there will be gain for one who is eager to save others, but has destroyed himself through the leadership of them. (318) ...................................................................................... 212

44. ........................................................................................................................... 216 What "according to the image" is, and how it is fittingly understood that man is an image of the prototype;

and that he who loves his enemies as benefactors is an imitator of God, and having become from this a partaker of the Holy Spirit becomes a god by position and by grace, being known only to those who are moved by the Holy Spirit. (324).................................................................................................................................. 216

45............................................................................................................................. 226 On the most exact theology; and that he who does not see the light of the glory of God

happens to be worse than the blind. (338) ................................................................................... 226

46. ......................................................................................................................... 229 A confession joined to a prayer; and concerning the conjunction of the Holy Spirit and

dispassion. (343)................................................................................................................ 229

47............................................................................................................................. 231 A far-shining contemplation of the intelligible paradise; and concerning the tree of life in it.

(345).................................................................................................................................. 231

48. ........................................................................................................................... 233 That glory and honor is for every man who is insulted and suffers evil for the sake of

God's commandment the dishonor for the sake of that very commandment of God; and a dialogue with one's own soul, teaching the inexhaustible wealth of the Spirit. (348) ................. 233

49. ........................................................................................................................... 237 That there are times when also through care and correction towards one's neighbor

the teacher is dragged down into the weakness of the passion that unites him to that one. (354).................................................................................................................................. 237

50................................................................................................................................ 240 On the vision of God and of divine realities and of the Holy Spirit's paradoxical

energy; and concerning the properties of the Holy and consubstantial Trinity; and that he who does not

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Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι ὁ νοῦς τῆς ὕλης τῶν παθῶν καθαρθείς ἀΰλως τόν ἄϋλον καί ἀόρατον καθορᾷ. (289)................................................................................ 192

ΛΘ'. ............................................................................................................................ 194 Ὅτι ὁ πόθος καί ἡ πρός Θεόν ἀγάπη ὑπερβαίνει πᾶσαν ἀγάπην καί πάντα

πόθον ἀνθρώπινον˙ βαφείς δέ ὁ νοῦς τῶν καθαιρομένων ἐν τῷ φωτί τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅλος θεοῦται καί νοῦς ἐκεῖθεν χρηματίζει Χριστοῦ. (293)....................................... 194

Μ'. .............................................................................................................................. 197 Ὁμολογία τῆς χάριτος τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ δωρεῶν˙ καί ὅπως ὁ ταῦτα γράφων

πατήρ ὑπό τοῦ Ἁγίου ἐνηργεῖτο Πνεύματος˙ καί διδασκαλία ῥηθεῖσα ὑπό Θεοῦ, τοῦ τί δεῖ ποιοῦντα τινά, τῆς τῶν σῳζομένων σωτηρίας τυχεῖν. (296)......................... 197

ΜΑ'. ........................................................................................................................... 199 Εὐχαριστία πρός Θεόν ὑπέρ τῶν παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ γεγονότων εὐεργεσιῶν καί αἴτησις

τοῦ μαθεῖν, τίνος χάριν οἱ τέλειοι γεγονότες ὑπό τῶν δαιμόνων παραχωροῦνται πειράζεσθαι˙ καί περί τῶν ἀποτασσομένων τῷ κόσμῳ διδασκαλία καί ὑποτύπωσις ῥηθεῖσα παρά Θεοῦ. (300) .............................................................................................. 199

ΜΒ'. ........................................................................................................................... 206 Ὅτι οἱ τῷ Θεῷ ἀπ᾿ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη διά τῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος μετουσίας

ἑνωθέντες, ἐκδημοῦντες τοῦ βίου εἰς αἰῶνας αὐτῷ ἐκεῖθεν συνέσονται˙ εἰ δ᾿ οὖν, ἀλλά τό ἀνάπαλιν τοῖς ἄλλως ἔχουσιν ἐνταῦθα τότε γενήσεται. (310)................. 206

ΜΓ'............................................................................................................................. 212 Ὅτι κρεῖσσον τό καλῶς ποιμαίνεσθαι ἤ τούς μή βουλομένους ποιμαίνειν˙ οὐδέ

γάρ ἔσται κέρδος τῷ ἄλλους μέν σπουδάζοντι σῶσαι, ἑαυτόν δέ διά τῆς ἐκείνων ἀπολέσαντι προστασίας. (318) ...................................................................................... 212

Μ∆'. ........................................................................................................................... 216 Τί ἐστι τό κατ᾿ εἰκόνα, καί πῶς εἰκότως νοεῖται ὡς τοῦ πρωτοτύπου εἰκών ὁ

ἄνθρωπος˙ καί ὅτι ὁ τούς ἐχθρούς ὡς εὐεργέτας φιλῶν μιμητής ἐστι τοῦ Θεοῦ, Πνεύματος δέ Ἁγίου ἐντεῦθεν μέτοχος γεγονώς θέσει θεός καί χάριτι γίνεται, μόνοις ἐκείνοις γνωριζόμενος, τοῖς ὑπό τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐνεργουμένοις. (324).................................................................................................................................. 216

ΜΕ'............................................................................................................................. 226 Περί θεολογίας ἀκριβεστάτης˙ καί ὅτι ὁ μή ὁρῶν τό φῶς τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξης

χείρων τυγχάνει τυφλῶν. (338) ................................................................................... 226 ΜΣΤ'. ......................................................................................................................... 229 Ἐξομολόγησις εὐχῇ συνημμένη˙ καί περί συναφείας Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καί

ἀπαθείας. (343)................................................................................................................ 229 ΜΖ'............................................................................................................................. 231 Περί νοητοῦ παραδείσου τηλαυγῆς θεωρία˙ καί περί τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ξύλου ζωῆς.

(345).................................................................................................................................. 231 ΜΗ'. ........................................................................................................................... 233 Ὅτι δόξα καί τιμή ἐστι παντί ἀνθρώπῳ ὑβριζομένῳ καί πάσχοντι κακῶς διά

Θεοῦ ἐντολήν ἡ ὑπέρ αὐτῆς τῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀτιμία˙ καί διάλογος πρός τήν ἰδίαν ψυχήν, διδάσκων τόν ἀκένωτον πλοῦτον τοῦ Πνεύματος. (348) ................. 233

ΜΘ'. ........................................................................................................................... 237 Ὅτι ἔστιν ὅτε καί διά τῆς εἰς τόν πλησίον ἐπιμελείας καί διορθώσεως

συγκατασπᾶσθαι τόν διδάσκαλον εἰς τήν ἑνοῦσαν ἐκείνῳ τοῦ πάθους ἀσθένειαν. (354).................................................................................................................................. 237

Ν'................................................................................................................................ 240 Περί θεωρίας Θεοῦ καί θείων πραγμάτων καί Ἁγίου Πνεύματος παραδόξου

ἐνεργείας˙ καί περί τῶν ἰδίων τῆς Ἁγίας καί ὁμοουσίου Τριάδος˙ καί ὅτι ὁ μή