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CONTENTS OF OUR HOLY AND GREAT FATHER

SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN, PRESBYTER AND HEGUMEN OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MAMAS

OF XEROKERKOS, WORKS

SECOND VOLUME (II) CONTENTS................................................................................................................. 1 BOOK OF THE THEOLOGICAL WORKS ............................................................................................ 4 FIRST THEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE (13) ........................................................................................ 4 And against those who place the first upon the Father............................................. 4 SECOND THEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE (29) .................................................................................. 10 And against those who attempt to theologize without the Spirit. ................................ 10 THIRD THEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE (40)........................................................................................ 15 And that, whatever the Father is, this is also the Son, and whatever the Son is, this is also the Spirit

the Holy, and that these are one Spirit of equal honor, consubstantial, and enthroned together. ............. 15 BOOK OF THE ETHICAL WORKS ................................................................................................... 19 DISCOURSE I. (49) ............................................................................................................ 19 Chapters of the discourse................................................................................................. 19 DISCOURSE II. .................................................................................................................... 47 The chapters of the contemplation of the discourse. (113) .......................................................... 47 DISCOURSE III (151) ........................................................................................................... 64 On the saying of the Apostle in which he says: "And I saw such a one into the third

heaven caught up and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to hear". What then are the unspeakable words which Paul heard? And what are the good things "which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man"? And what or how will be and is in us the kingdom of God, and what is its energy in us? ............................................................................................................................ 64

DISCOURSE IV..................................................................................................................... 74 Concerning dispassion and the gifts and graces of progress therein; and

what is the perfection of spiritual age according to Christ. (175) ................................. 74 DISCOURSE V (207) ........................................................................................................... 89 Concerning those who think they have the Holy Spirit within themselves unknowingly, not

perceiving His energy at all; and concerning those who say that no man in the present life is able to see His glory, and a proof by citations concerning this. And that there is no envy among the saints, when through all virtuous diligence we become equal to them. And in what manner one sees God, and that he who has reached such measures as to see God as far as is possible, from then on is initiated also into the enjoyment that is to be given to the saints in the future. And that whatever such a one says or does or writes, it is not he, but the Holy Spirit speaking in him that says and writes these things; and he who rejects or distorts his words sins and blasphemes against the Spirit of God, who is at work and speaking in him. ............................................................... 89

DISCOURSE VI. (226)......................................................................................................... 97

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ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ

ΣΥΜΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΝΤΟΣ

ΤΗΣ ΞΗΡΟΚΕΡΚΟΥ ΕΡΓΑ

ΤΟΜΟΣ ∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ (Β') ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ................................................................................................................. 1 ΒΙΒΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ ............................................................................................ 4 ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ (13) ........................................................................................ 4 Καί κατά τῶν τιθεμένων τό πρῶτον ἐπί τοῦ Πατρός............................................. 4 ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ (29) .................................................................................. 10 Καί κατά τῶν ἐπιχειρούντων θεολογεῖν ἄνευ Πνεύματος. ................................ 10 ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΤΡΙΤΟΣ (40)........................................................................................ 15 Καί ὅτι, εἴ τι ὁ Πατήρ, τοῦτο καί ὁ Υἱός, καί εἴ τι ὁ Υἱός, τοῦτο καί τό Πνεῦμα

τό Ἅγιον, καί ὅτι ἕν ταῦτα πνεῦμα ὁμότιμον, ὁμοούσιον καί ὁμόθρονον. ............. 15 ΒΙΒΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ................................................................................................... 19 ΛΟΓΟΣ Α΄. (49) ............................................................................................................ 19 Κεφάλαια τοῦ λόγου................................................................................................. 19 ΛΟΓΟΣ Β΄. .................................................................................................................... 47 Τά κεφάλαια τῆς θεωρίας τοῦ λόγου. (113) .......................................................... 47 ΛΟΓΟΣ Γ΄ (151) ........................................................................................................... 64 Εἰς το ῥητόν τοῦ Ἀποστόλου ἐν ᾧ λέγει· "Καί εἶδον τόν τοιοῦτον εἰς τρίτον

οὐρανόν ἁρπαγέντα καί ἀκούσαντα ἄρρητα ῥήματα ἅ οὐκ ἐξόν ἀνθρώπῳ ἀκοῦσαι". Τί οὖν εἰσιν ἅ ἀκήκοεν ὁ Παῦλος ἄρρητα ῥήματα; Τίνα δέ τά ἀγαθά "ἅ ὀφθαλμός οὐκ εἶδε καί οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσε καί ἐπί καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη"; Τίς δέ ἤ πῶς ἔσται καί ἔστιν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ βασιλεία καί τίς ἡ ἐν ἡμῖν ταύτης ἐνέργεια; ............................................................................................................................ 64

ΛΟΓΟΣ ∆΄..................................................................................................................... 74 Περί ἀπαθείας καί τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ κατά προκοπήν χαρισμάτων καί δωρεῶν· καί

τίς ἡ τελείωσις τῆς κατά Χριστόν πνευματικῆς ἡλικίας. (175) ................................. 74 ΛΟΓΟΣ Ε΄ (207) ........................................................................................................... 89 Περί τῶν οἰομένων ἀγνώστως ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον, μή

ἐπαισθανομένων δέ καθόλου τῆς ἐνεργείας αὐτοῦ· καί περί τῶν λεγόντων μή δύνασθαί τινα τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατά τήν παροῦσαν ζωήν ὁρᾶν τήν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καί ἀπόδειξις διά χρήσεων περί τούτου. Καί ὅτι φθόνος οὐδείς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις, ὅταν διά πάσης σπουδῆς ἐναρέτου τούτοις συνεξισώμεθα. Καί ποίῳ τρόπῳ ὁρᾷ τις τόν Θεόν καί ὅτι ὁ εἰς τοιαῦτα μέτρα πεφθακώς, ὥστε ὁρᾷν κατά τό ἐφικτόν τόν Θεόν, ἔνθεν ἤδη μυεῖται καί τήν μέλλουσαν δοθῆναι ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀπόλαυσιν. Καί ὅτι ὅσα ἄν ὁ τοιοῦτος λέγῃ ἤ ποιῇ ἤ γράφῃ, οὐκ αὐτός, ἀλλά τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον τό λαλοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ ταῦτα λέγει καί γράφει· καί ὁ τούς λόγους αὐτοῦ ἀθετῶν ἤ παραλογιζόμενος, εἰς τό Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ, τό ἐνεργοῦν καί λαλοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ, ἁμαρτάνει καί βλασφημεῖ. ............................................................... 89

ΛΟΓΟΣ στ΄. (226)......................................................................................................... 97