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portada evagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demons
evagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demonsevagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demonsevagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demons
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Translated by
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Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.3 x 13.7 x 1.0 cm
Weight
0.25 kg.
ISBN
0879073292
ISBN13
9780879073299
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evagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demons

Evagrius (Author) · David Brakke (Translated by) · Cistercian Publications · Paperback

evagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demons - Evagrius ; Brakke, David

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Synopsis "evagrius of pontus: talking back,a monastic handbook for combating demons"

How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? According to Evagrius of Pontus (345 '399), one of the greatest spiritual directors of ancient monasticism, the monk should talk back to demons with relevant passages from the Bible. His book Talking Back (Antirrhêtikos) lists over 500 thoughts or circumstances in which the demon-fighting monk might find himself, along with the biblical passages with which the monk should respond. It became one of the most popular books among the ascetics of Late Antiquity and the Byzantine East, but until now the entire text had not been translated into English. From Talking Back we gain a better understanding of Evagrius's eight primary demons: gluttony, fornication, love of money, sadness, anger, listlessness, vainglory, and pride. We can explore a central aspect of early monastic spirituality, and we get a glimpse of the temptations and anxieties that the first desert monks faced. David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

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