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OF OUR HOLY AND GREAT FATHER................................................................. 4 SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN ................................................................................... 4 PRESBYTER AND ABBOT ................................................................................. 4 OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MAMAS OF XEROKERKOS. ............................................... 4 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) .................................................................................. 11 And against those who attempt to theologize without the Spirit. ................................ 11 THIRD THEOLOGICAL [DISCOURSE] (40)........................................................................................ 15 And that, if something is the Father, this is also the Son, and if something is the Son, this is also the Holy

Spirit, and that these are one spirit, of equal honor, consubstantial and co-throned. ............. 15 BOOK OF THE ETHICAL [WORKS] ............................................................................................... 19 DISCOURSE 1. (49) ............................................................................................................ 19 Chapters of the discourse................................................................................................. 19 DISCOURSE 2. .................................................................................................................... 47 The chapters of the contemplation of the discourse. (113) .......................................................... 47 DISCOURSE 3 (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 that Paul heard? What are the good things "that eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man"? Who or how will the kingdom of God be and is in us and what is its energy in us? ............................................................................................................................ 64

DISCOURSE 4..................................................................................................................... 75 On dispassion and the gifts and graces within it according to progress; and

what is the perfection of spiritual age according to Christ. (175) ................................. 75 DISCOURSE 5 (207) ........................................................................................................... 89 On those who think they have the Holy Spirit in themselves unknowingly,

without perceiving His energy at all; and on those who say that no man in the present life can see His glory, and a proof of this through citations. And that there is no envy among the saints, when through all virtuous diligence we become equal to them. And in what way one sees God and that he who has reached such measures, so as to see God as far as possible, is from then on already initiated into the enjoyment to be given to the saints in the future. And that whatever such a person says or does or writes, it is not he, but the Holy Spirit speaking in him who says and writes these things; and he who rejects or misinterprets his words sins and blasphemes against the Spirit of God, who energizes and speaks in him. ............................................................... 89

DISCOURSE 6. (226)......................................................................................................... 97 On dispassion and virtuous life. And how one ought to cut off one's own will

and ascend to the height of perfection. And on the connection of God to the soul and of the soul to the body and the paradoxical union of the three. And in addition to these things, on spiritual healing and how one ought to heal those who are psychically ill. ...... 97

DISCOURSE 7. (243) ........................................................................................................ 105 On those who serve God, who they are and of what kind and sort. And who is

the one who repents and his work, and who is the one who pursues the ascetic life and his work, and who is the one who serves God and his work. And that, if we do not acquire the virtues, the mere release from the passions will not benefit us at all............. 105

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ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ................................................................. 4 ΣΥΜΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ................................................................................... 4 ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ................................................................................. 4 ΜΟΝΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΞΗΡΟΚΕΡΚΟΥ. ............................................... 4 ΒΙΒΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ........................................................................................ 4 ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ (13) ........................................................................................ 4 Καί κατά τῶν τιθεμένων τό πρῶτον ἐπί τοῦ Πατρός............................................. 4 ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ (29) .................................................................................. 11 Καί κατά τῶν ἐπιχειρούντων θεολογεῖν ἄνευ Πνεύματος. ................................ 11 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 ∆΄..................................................................................................................... 75 Περί ἀπαθείας καί τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ κατά προκοπήν χαρισμάτων καί δωρεῶν· καί

τίς ἡ τελείωσις τῆς κατά Χριστόν πνευματικῆς ἡλικίας. (175) ................................. 75 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 Περί ἀπαθείας καί ἐναρέτου ζωῆς. Καί ὅπως χρή τό οἰκεῖον ἐκκόπτειν θέλημα

καί εἰς ὕψος ἀνέρχεσθαι τελειότητος. Καί περί συναφείας Θεοῦ πρός ψυχήν καί ψυχῆς πρός σῶμα καί ἑνώσεως τῶν τριῶν παραδόξου. Καί πρός τούτοις περί πνευματικῆς ἰατρείας καί ὅπως χρή θεραπεύειν τούς ψυχικῶς ἀσθενοῦντας. ...... 97

ΛΟΓΟΣ Ζ΄. (243) ........................................................................................................ 105 Περί τῶν δουλευόντων Θεῷ, τίνες τε εἶεν και ὁποῖοι καί ποταποί. Καί τίς ἐστιν

ὁ μετανοῶν καί ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ, καί τίς ὁ τήν ἀσκητικήν ζωήν μετερχόμενος καί ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ, καί τίς ὁ δουλεύων Θεῷ καί τό ἔργον αὐτοῦ. Καί ὅτι, ἐάν μή τάς ἀρετάς κτησώμεθα, οὐδέν ἡμᾶς ἀπαλλαγή μόνον τῶν παθῶν ὠφελήσει............. 105