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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Greek; no human has verified it. 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Τότε ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ποιήσας εὐχὴν καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν αὐτὸν ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ μίαν ἑκάστην ἐντο λὴν τῶν διδαγμάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ πληρῶσαι. ἄρχεται οὖν λέγειν αὐτῷ \"Χρὴ τὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκηλίδωτον ἀρετὴν ἐρχόμενον καὶ σεμνὸν βίον πολιτευόμενον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς προτέροις ἁμαρτήμασιν μετανοοῦντα πρὸ πάντων πι στεῦσαι εἰς ἕνα θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων, καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μονεγενῆ, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.","english":"The Teachings of our father among the saints Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, to Antiochus the ruler.\n\nA certain duke named Antiochus, having come to the most holy bishop Athanasius and being held in a terrible illness, entreated him to pray to the Lord on his behalf, repenting of his sins. And when the bishop had entreated the man-loving God, he became well. And at once he comes bringing his possessions with him and places them at the feet of the bishop, entreating him that they be given to the poor, and that he himself, having received the holy habit from the holy man, might live the virtuous and monastic life; which the bishop did by the grace of God. Then the duke Antiochus says to the bishop, \"I ought, from the time I was baptized, to have kept the faith and not defiled my baptism; but since folly has wrought great lawlessness in me, I entreat your holiness to teach me and instruct me in what matters and works and thoughts I shall from now on exercise self-control.\" Then the bishop, having made a prayer and sat down, taught him in the Holy Spirit to fulfill each one of the commandments of the teachings of Christ. He begins then to say to him, \"It is necessary that the one who comes to unspotted virtue and lives a reverent life and repents of his former sins should before all things believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, through whom all things came to be, and so on.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"εἷς θεὸς μόνος πάντα χωρῶν, μόνος δὲ ἀχώρητος ὢν καὶ ὃς πάντα δύναται, ἀδυνατεῖ δὲ παρ' αὐτοῦ οὐδέν. ἐὰν οὖν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου πιστεύσῃς καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ φοβηθεὶς αὐτὸν ἐγκρατεύσῃ ὧν λέγω σοι, καὶ εἰσακουσθήσεταί σου ἡ δέησις καὶ πιστεύσας λήψῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ τὴν βοήθειαν καὶ νίκην σωτηρίας εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ μετὰ τὴν εὐχὴν λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἁπλότητα ἔχε καὶ ἄκακος γίνου, καὶ ἔσῃ ὡς τὰ νήπια μὴ γινώσκοντα πονηρίαν τὴν ἀπόλλουσαν τὸ γένος τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν μηδενὸς καταλάλει μηδὲ ἡδέως ἄκουε καταλαλούντων· εἰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ σὺ ἀκούων ἔνοχος ἔσῃ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ καταλα λοῦντος. πονηρὸν γὰρ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ καταλαλιὰ καὶ ἀκατάστατον δαιμόνιον μήποτε εἰρηνεῦον, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐν διχοστασίαις κατοικοῦν. ἄπεχε οὖν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰρήνην πάντοτε ἕξεις μετὰ πάντων, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν ἁπλότητα καὶ τὴν σεμνότητα, ἐν οἷς οὐδὲν πρόσκομμά ἐστιν πονηρὸν, ἀλλὰ πάντα ὁμαλὰ καὶ ἱλαρὰ, καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\".","english":"One God alone, containing all things, and alone uncontained, who is able to do all things, and with whom nothing is impossible. If therefore you believe with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and, fearing him, abstain from what I tell you, your petition will be heard, and believing you will receive from him help and the victory of salvation forever.\" And having risen, they prayed, and after the prayer he says to him, \"Keep simplicity and become guileless, and you will be as infants who do not know the wickedness that destroys the race of men. And first, do not slander anyone, nor gladly listen to those who slander; otherwise you also, by listening, will be guilty of the sin of the slanderer. For slander is an evil spirit and an unstable demon, never at peace, but always dwelling in dissensions. Abstain therefore from it, and you will always have peace with all; and clothe yourself with simplicity and dignity, in which there is no evil stumbling block, but all things are smooth and cheerful, and you will live forever.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Καὶ ἀναστὰς ηὔξατο, καὶ μετὰ τὴν εὐχὴν λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ ταύτην τὴν τρίτην ἐντολήν· ἀλήθειαν ἀγάπα καὶ πᾶσα ἀλήθεια ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου ἐκ πορευέσθω, ἵνα τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ κατοικῇ ἐν σοί. οἱ γὰρ ψευδόμενοι ἀθετοῦσιν τὸν κύριον. ἔλαβον γὰρ πνεῦμα ἀληθείας καὶ ἐγένοντο ἀλλότριοι τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ πνεύματος. ὅρκον δὲ δικαίως ἀδίκως φεῦγε, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια εἰσάξει σε εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον\".\n\nΚαὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν καθεσθεὶς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς τετάρτης ἐντολῆς· φύλασσε τὴν ἁγνείαν καὶ μὴ ἀναβαινέτω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου περὶ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας ἢ περὶ πορνείας. εἰ δέ τις ἐργάζεται τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο τὸ πονηρὸν, θάνατον ἑαυτῷ κατεργάζεται. βλέπε οὖν, ἀπέχου ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνθυμήσεως ταύτης. ὅπου γὰρ σεμνό της καὶ ἁγνεία κατοικεῖ, ἐκεῖ\n\nἀνομία οὐκ ὀφείλει ἀνα βαίνειν· τοῦτο γὰρ κατορθοῦται διὰ πόνου εὐχῆς καὶ ταπεινώσεως. καὶ τοῦτο ποιῶν ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ καθίσας ὁ ἐπί σκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς πέμπτης ἐντολῆς· μακρόθυμος γίνου καὶ συνετὸς, καὶ πάντων ἔργων πονη ρῶν κατακυριεύσῃ. ἐὰν γὰρ καὶ μακρόθυμος ἔσῃ, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πανάγιον κατοικήσει ἐν σοί. ἐν δὲ τῇ ὀξυχολίᾳ ὁ διάβολος. οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ ἐν ᾧ κατοι κοῦσιν ἀμφότερα. ἄκουε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς ὀξυχολίας πῶς πονηρά ἐστιν καὶ πλανᾷ τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ. οὐκ ἀποπλανᾷ δὲ τοὺς ὄντας πλήρεις ἐν πίστει, οὐδὲ ἐνεργεῖ εἰς αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ μετ' αὐτῶν ἐστιν, ἀποπλανᾷ δὲ τοὺς διψύχους.","english":"And rising, he prayed, and after the prayer he says to him, \"Hear also this third commandment: love truth, and let every truth proceed from your mouth, so that the Spirit of God may dwell in you. For those who lie reject the Lord. For they received the Spirit of truth and became strangers to the true Spirit. But flee an oath, whether just or unjust, and the truth will bring you into eternal life.\"\n\nAnd rising, they prayed, and when they had prayed, the bishop sat down and says to him, \"Hear also the fourth commandment: keep chastity, and let there not arise in your heart anything concerning another man's wife or concerning fornication. But if anyone practices this evil work, he works death for himself. See then, abstain from this thought. For where modesty and chastity dwell, there\n\nlawlessness ought not to arise; for this is achieved through the labor of prayer and humility. And doing this, you shall live forever.\" And rising, they prayed, and the bishop sat down and says to him, \"Hear also the fifth commandment: be long-suffering and prudent, and you shall have dominion over all evil works. For if you are long-suffering, the all-holy Spirit will dwell in you. But in quick temper is the devil. Woe to that man in whom both dwell. Hear also the working of quick temper, how evil it is and deceives the servants of God. But it does not deceive those who are full in faith, nor does it work in them, because the power of God is with them; but it deceives the double-minded.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ὅταν ἴδῃ τοὺς τοιούτους εὐσταθοῦντας, παραβάλλει ἑαυτὴν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οὕτως κρίνεται ὁ ἄν θρωπος ἕνεκεν βιωτικῶν πραγμάτων. ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα μωρά ἐστιν καὶ κενά. ἡ δὲ μακροθυμία εὐπρόσδεκτος καὶ ἰσχυρά. ἀγαλλιωμένη καὶ ἀμέριμνος οὖσα δοξάζει τὸν κύριον ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ. τὸ τρυφερὸν πνεῦμα. μὴ ἔχον συνήθειαν μετὰ πονηροῦ πνεύματος καὶ σκληρό τητος κατοικεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου καὶ ζητεῖ κατοικεῖν μετὰ πραΰτητος καὶ ἡσυχίας. ὅταν δὲ ἀπο στῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὗ κατοικεῖ, γίνεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος κενὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ὅλος ἀποτυφλοῦται ἀπὸ τῆς διανοίας τῆς ἀγαθῆς. οὕτως οὖν συμβαίνει πᾶσι τοῖς ὀξυχόλοις. ἄπεχε οὖν ἀπ' αὐτῆς, τοῦ πονηροτάτου δαίμονος, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν μακροθυμίαν καὶ τὴν ὑπομονὴν, καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ καθίσας ὁ ἐπί σκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς ἕκτης ἐντολῆς· ἐνετειλάμην σοι ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ ἐντολῇ ἵνα φυλάξῃς τὴν πίστιν καὶ τὸν φόβον καὶ τὴν ἐγκράτειαν\". ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ναὶ, κύριε, οὕτως ἐστίν\". ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἀλλὰ νῦν θέλω σοι δηλῶσαι τὰς δυνάμεις αὐτῶν, ἵνα νοήσῃς τὴν δύναμιν ἣν ἔχουσιν καὶ τὴν ἐνέργειαν. διπλαῖ γάρ εἰσιν. κεῖνται οὖν ἐπὶ δικαίου καὶ ἀδίκου. σὺ οὖν πίστευε τῷ δικαίῳ, τῷ δὲ ἀδίκῳ μηδὲν πιστεύσῃς. δύο εἰσὶν ἄγγελοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώ που, ὁ εἷς τῆς πονηρίας καὶ ὁ εἷς τῆς δικαιοσύνης. ὁ μὲν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἄγγελος τρυφερός ἐστιν καὶ αἰσχυντηρὸς καὶ πρᾶος καὶ ἰσχυρός.","english":"When it sees such people steadfast, it insinuates itself into the heart of the person, and thus the person is judged because of worldly matters. For all these things are foolish and empty. But patience is acceptable and strong. Rejoicing and free from care, it glorifies the Lord at all times. The tender spirit, not having the habit of dwelling with an evil spirit and with harshness, withdraws from such a one and seeks to dwell with gentleness and quietness. But when it departs from the person in whom it dwells, that person becomes empty of the Holy Spirit and is wholly blinded of his good understanding. So then it happens to all the quick-tempered. Keep away, therefore, from it, the most evil demon, and clothe yourself with patience and endurance, and you shall live forever.\" And rising, they prayed, and sitting down the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the sixth commandment: I commanded you in the first commandment that you keep the faith and the fear and self-control.\" Antiochus answered, \"Yes, lord, so it is.\" The bishop answered, \"But now I wish to make clear to you their powers, so that you may understand the power that they have and their operation. For they are twofold. They lie upon the just and the unjust. Do you, therefore, believe the just one, but believe nothing of the unjust one. There are two angels with the person, the one of wickedness and the one of righteousness. The angel of righteousness is tender and modest and gentle and strong.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ὅταν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, εὐθέως λαλεῖ μετὰ σοῦ περὶ δι καιοσύνης, περὶ ἁγνείας, περὶ σεμνότητος καὶ περὶ παντὸς ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ. ταῦτα πάντα ὅταν εἰς τὴν καρ δίαν σου ἀναβῇ, γίνωσκε ὅτι ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς δικαιοσύνης μετὰ σοῦ ἐστίν. ὅρα οὖν καὶ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς πονη ρίας τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ τὰ πονηρά. πρὸ πάντων ὀξύχολός ἐστιν καὶ πικρὸς καὶ ἄφρων, καὶ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρὰ, καταστρέφοντα τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ. ὅταν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, γνῶθι ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ καὶ μισοκάλου εἰσίν\". Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Πῶς νοήσω μὲν αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι, ἐὰν μὴ διδαχθῶ κατὰ λόγον\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἄκουε λεπτομερῶς καὶ συνετὸς γίνου καὶ μακρόθυμος. εἶτα λοιπὸν ἐπιθυμία γυναικῶν καὶ κραιπαλῶν πολλῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμία πράξεων πλεονεξίας καὶ ὑπερηφανίας καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια. ὅταν ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῶσιν, γίνωσκε ὅτι ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς πονηρίας ἐστὶν μετὰ σοῦ. ἔχεις ἀμφοτέ ρων τὰς ἐνεργείας. σύνες αὐτὰς, καὶ πίστευε τῷ ἀγ γέλῳ τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς πονη ρίας ἀπόστηθι, καὶ ἐργαζόμενος τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἔσῃ ηὐλογημένος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Μέμνησαι ὅτι εἰς τὴν πρώτην ἐντολὴν ἐνετειλάμην σοι περὶ πίστεως καὶ προσευχῆς καὶ φόβου καὶ ἐγκρατείας\". ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ναὶ, κύριε\". καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς ἑβδόμης ἐντολῆς· φοβοῦ τὸν θεὸν καὶ φύλασσε τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσῃ δυνατὸς ἐν πάσῃ πράξει· φοβούμενος γὰρ τὸν κύριον πάντα καλὰ ἐργάσῃ·","english":"When this one ascends into your heart, he immediately speaks with you about righteousness, about purity, about dignity, and about every good work. When all these things ascend into your heart, know that the angel of righteousness is with you. See, then, also the evil works of the angel of wickedness. Before all things he is quick-tempered and bitter and foolish, and his works are evil, overthrowing the servants of God. When this one ascends into your heart, know that they are from the evil one and the hater of good.\" Antiochus says to him, \"How I may understand him I do not know, unless I am taught according to reason.\" The bishop says to him, \"Listen carefully and be prudent and long-suffering. Then thereafter, desire for women and for much drunkenness, and desire for deeds of greed and arrogance and things like these. When these ascend into your heart, know that the angel of wickedness is with you. You have the workings of both. Understand them, and believe the angel of righteousness, and stand away from the angel of wickedness, and working the good you will be blessed forever.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Do you remember that in the first commandment I enjoined you concerning faith and prayer and fear and self-control?\" Antiochus answered him, \"Yes, lord.\" And the bishop says to him, \"Listen also to the seventh commandment: fear God and keep his commandments, and you will be powerful in every deed; for fearing the Lord you will do all good things.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"τὸν διάβολον μὴ φοβηθῇς, ὅτι δύναμις ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν, μᾶλλον δὲ φοβήθητι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ τὰ πονηρὰ, ἵνα μὴ κατακυριευθῇς ὑπ' αὐτῶν, ὅτι πονηρά εἰσιν. ἐὰν οὖν\n\nμὴ θελήσῃς τὸ πονη ρὸν ἐργάσασθαι, φοβοῦ τὸν κύριον πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ· ὁ γὰρ ἔχων τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐδέποτε ἐνθυμεῖται πονη ρὸν ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐργαζόμενος τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἔχει ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\".\n\nΚαὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ακουε καὶ τῆς ὀγδόης ἐντολῆς. περὶ ἐγκρατείας νόη σον ὅτι διπλῆ ἐστίν. ἐπὶ τίνων δεῖ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι καὶ μὴ ποιεῖν αὐτά. ἐγκρατεύου ἀπὸ πάσης πονηρίας, ἐργαζόμενος τὸ ἀγαθόν. ἄκουε λεπτομερῶς. ἐγκρατεύου ἀπὸ μεθύσματος, ἀνομίας, ἀπὸ τρυφῆς πονηρᾶς, ἀπὸ ἐδεσμάτων πολλῶν καὶ πολυτελείας πλούτου καὶ μνησικακίας καὶ βλασφημίας. ταῦτα τὰ ἔργα πονηρά εἰσιν τῇ ζωῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. τούτων δεῖ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ. ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἐγκρατευόμενος τούτων οὐ δύναται ζῆσαι. ἄκουε καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τούτων ἤτοι ἀκόλουθα\". λέγει Ἀντίοχος \"Ποῖα γὰρ, κύριε, πονηρά εἰσιν ἔργα\"; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Καὶ πολλά εἰσιν πονηρὰ, ἀφ' ὧν δεῖ τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι, ψεῦδος, ἀποστέρησις, ψευδομαρτυρία, πλεονεξία, ἀλαζονεία, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοια. ἢ οὐ δοκεῖ σοι πονηρὰ εἶναι ταῦτα\"; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη \"Ναὶ, δοῦλε τοῦ θεοῦ\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Τούτων πάντων δεῖ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγραφῇ μετὰ τῶν ἐγκρατευομένων. πρὸ πάντων πίστις, φόβος κυρίου, ὁμόνοια, ἀγάπη, ῥήματα δικαιο σύνης, ἀλήθεια, ὑπομονή.","english":"Do not fear the devil, for there is no power in him; rather fear his evil works, so that you are not dominated by them, for they are evil. If, then, you do not wish to do evil, fear the Lord always, and do not forget the fear of him; for the one who has the fear of God in his heart never thinks evil in his mind, and by doing good he has life in himself forever.\n\nAnd when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the eighth commandment. Understand concerning self-control that it is twofold: in what matters one must exercise self-control and not do them. Exercise self-control from all evil, doing good. Hear in detail. Exercise self-control from drunkenness, from lawlessness, from evil luxury, from many foods and the extravagance of wealth, and from resentment and blasphemy. These works are evil for the life of men. From these the servant of God must exercise self-control. For the one who does not exercise self-control from these cannot live. Hear also the names of these, or rather what follows.\" Antiochus says, \"What sort of things, then, lord, are evil works?\" The bishop says to him, \"Many also are the evil things from which the servant of God must exercise self-control: falsehood, deprivation, false witness, greed, arrogance, and whatever is like these. Or do these not seem to you to be evil?\" And he answered, \"Yes, servant of God.\" The bishop says to him, \"From all these the servant of God must exercise self-control, so that he may live for God and be enrolled with those who exercise self-control. Before all things: faith, fear of the Lord, concord, love, words of righteousness, truth, endurance.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"τούτων ἀγαθώτερον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ταῦτα ἐάν τις φυ λάξῃ, μακάριός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ. εἶτα τὰ τού των ἀκόλουθα ἄκουε· χήραις ὑπηρετεῖν καὶ ὀρφανοῖς, ὑστερουμένοις τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ. φιλόξενον εἶναι, ἥσυχον, ἐνδεεστέρῳ παρέχειν, πάντα ἄνθρωπον σέβεσθαι, ὕβριν ὑποφέρειν, μακρόθυμον εἶναι, ἀμνησίκακον, ἁμαρτάνοντας νουθετεῖν, χρεώστας μὴ θλίβειν, ἐνδεεῖς μὴ λυπεῖν, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοιά ἐστιν. οὐ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ἀγαθὰ εἶναι\"; ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Τί γὰρ δύναται τούτων ἀγαθώτερον εἶναι\"; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπί σκοπος \"Ἐπιγύμναζε οὖν ἑαυτὸν ἐν τούτοις καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς ἀπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ πάν τες ὅσοι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ φυλάξωσιν ζήσονται εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ εἰξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ακουε καὶ τῆς ἐνάτης ἐντολῆς τὴν διδασκαλίαν· πάνυ γὰρ ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν διψυχίαν καὶ μηδὲν ὅλως διψυχήσῃς αἰτήσασθαι τῷ θεῷ, λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι πῶς δυνήσομαι αἰτήσασθαι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου λαβεῖν ἡμαρτηκὼς τοσαῦτα εἰς αὐτόν; μηδὲν τοιοῦτον διαλογίζου, ἀλλ' ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας σου ἐπίστρεψον πρὸς τὸν κύριον καὶ αἰτοῦ ἀδιστάκτως, καὶ γνώσῃ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦ εὐσπλαγχνίαν, ὅτι οὐ μή σε ἐγκαταλείψει, ἀλλὰ τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου ταχέως πληρώσει. οὐκ ἔστιν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὡς οἱ ἄνθρωποι μνησικακοῦντες, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ἀμνησίκακός ἐστιν καὶ σπλαγχνίζεται ἐπὶ τῷ πλάσματι αὐτοῦ. σὺ οὖν καθάρισόν σου τὸν λογισμὸν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥύπου ἐχθροῦ καὶ αἴτησαι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ λήψῃ εἴ τι αἰτήσῃ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγ καταλείπει τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν ἐλπίζοντας.","english":"There is nothing better than these in the life of men. If anyone keeps these things, he is blessed in his life. Then hear what follows these: to serve widows and orphans, and the servants of God who are in want. To be hospitable, gentle, to give to the one who has less, to honor every man, to endure insult, to be long-suffering, forgiving, to admonish those who sin, not to oppress debtors, not to grieve the needy, and whatever is similar to these. Does it not seem to you that these are good?\" Antiochus answered, \"For what could be better than these?\" The bishop says to him, \"Train yourself, then, in these things and do not depart from them, and you shall live for the ages, and all who keep his commandments shall live for the ages.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the teaching of the ninth commandment, for it is very profitable: remove double-mindedness from yourself, and by no means be double-minded when you ask of God, saying within yourself, 'How shall I be able to ask from the Lord and receive, having sinned so much against him?' Do not reason any such thing, but with your whole heart turn to the Lord and ask without doubting, and you shall know his great compassion, that he will not forsake you, but will quickly fulfill the request of your soul. For God is not like men, who bear grudges, but he himself is forgiving and has compassion on his own creation. Cleanse, then, your reasoning and your soul from every defilement of the enemy, and ask from the Lord, and you shall receive whatever you ask, because he does not forsake those who hope in him.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"οἱ γὰρ διστά ζοντες εἰς τὸν θεὸν οὗτοί εἰσιν δίψυχοι, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως λαμβάνουσιν τῶν αἰτημάτων αὐτῶν· οἱ δὲ ὁλοτελεῖς ὄντες ἐν πίστει πάντα ἃ αἰτοῦνται ὁλοψύχως λαμβά νουσιν. πᾶς γὰρ δίψυχος ἀνὴρ, ἐὰν μὴ καθαρίσῃ τὸν νοῦν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, δυσκόλως σώζεται. ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν πίστιν, ὅτι ἰσχυρά ἐστιν, καὶ πίστευε τῷ θεῷ ὅτι πάντα τὰ αἰτήματά σου ἃ αἰτεῖς λήψῃ. ἐὰν αἰτησάμενός ποτε παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου αἴτημα καὶ βραδύτερον λάβῃς, μὴ διψυχήσῃς, ὅτι τάχιον οὐκ ἔλαβες τὸ αἴτημα τῆς καρδίας σου, ἤτοι τῆς ψυχῆς σου. πάντως γὰρ διὰ πειρασμόν τινα ἢ παράπτωμα, ὃ σὺ ἀγνοεῖς, οὐκ ἔλα βες τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου. σὺ οὖν μὴ διαλίπῃς εὐχόμενος ἕως οὗ ἀπολήψῃ αὐτό. ἐὰν δὲ ἐκκακήσῃς καὶ διψυχήσῃς εὐχόμενος καὶ αἰτούμενος, ἑαυτὸν αἰτιῶ καὶ μὴ τὸν διδοῦντά σοι. βλέπε\n\nοὖν ὅτι ἡ διψυχία παρὰ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν. σὺ οὖν δούλευε ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ταῦτα φρο νοῦντες ζήσονται εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ακουε καὶ τῆς δεκάτης ἐντολῆς· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ πᾶ σαν ἐπιθυμίαν πονηρὰν καὶ ἔνδυσαι τὴν ἀγαθὴν καὶ σεμνήν. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πονηρᾶς ἐπιθυμίας, καὶ μάλιστα ἐὰν ἐμπέσῃ εἰς λύπην ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ᾖ συνετὸς, δαπανᾶται ὑπ' αὐτῆς δεινῶς. καὶ μάλιστα τοὺς μὴ ἔχοντας ἔνδυμα ἐπιθυμίας ἀγαθῆς, ἀλλ' ἐμ πεφυρμένους τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, τούτους οὖν παραδίδωσιν εἰς θάνατον\". καὶ λέγει ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ποῖά εἰσιν τὰ παραδιδοῦντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς θάνατον; καὶ γνώρισόν μοι, ἵνα φύγω ἀπ' αὐτῶν\".","english":"For those who doubt God are double-minded, and they receive nothing at all of their requests; but those who are whole in faith receive all things that they ask with their whole soul. For every double-minded man, unless he cleanses the mind of his soul, is saved with difficulty. But clothe yourself with faith, because it is strong, and believe God that you will receive all your requests that you ask. If ever you have asked a request from the Lord and you receive it more slowly, do not be double-minded, because you did not quickly receive the request of your heart, that is, of your soul. For certainly because of some trial or transgression, which you do not know, you did not receive the request of your soul. Do not cease praying, therefore, until you receive it. But if you grow weary and become double-minded while praying and asking, blame yourself and not the one who gives to you. See, then, that double-mindedness is from the devil. Serve, therefore, from your soul, and you will live to God, and all who think these things will live forever.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says, \"Hear also the tenth commandment: remove from yourself every evil desire and clothe yourself with the good and reverent one. But from evil desire, and especially if the servant of God falls into grief and is not prudent, he is terribly consumed by it. And especially those who do not have the garment of good desire, but are confounded with this age, these then it delivers over to death.\" And Antiochus says, \"What are the things that deliver men over to death? Make them known to me, that I may flee from them.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἄκουσον ἐν ποίοις ἔργοις θανατοῖ ἡ ἐπι θυμία ἡ πονηρὰ τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ. πρὸ πάντων ἐπιθυμία γυναικὸς, καὶ πολυτέλεια πλούτου, ἥτις ἐστὶν φιλαργυρία, καὶ ἐδεσμάτων πολλῶν καὶ ματαίων, καὶ μεθύσματος πολλοῦ, διαφόρου γεύσεως, καὶ δόξης ἀν θρωπίνης ματαίας, μᾶλλον δὲ πᾶσα τρυφὴ καὶ ἡδονὴ τοῦ βίου τούτου ματαία ἐστίν. αὗται οὖν αἱ πονηρίαι καὶ αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι θανατοῦσιν τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ. ἄπεχε οὖν ἀπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ. ἐὰν δουλεύ σῃς τῷ θεῷ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, δύνασαι κατακυριεῦσαι τῆς πονηρᾶς ἐπιθυμίας\". ὁ Ἀντίοχος λέγει \"Ἤθελον κἀγὼ γνῶναι ποίοις τρόποις δεῖ με δουλεῦσαι τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῇ ἀγαθῇ\". ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λέγει \"Ἔργασαι δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀρετὴν ἀληθείας, φόβον κυρίου καὶ πίστιν καὶ ἀγάπην καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνην καὶ ὑπομονὴν, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις, καὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἔργοις κολλήθητι. καὶ ταῦτα ἐργαζόμενος εὐάρεστος ἔσῃ καὶ δοῦλος θεοῦ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Πάλιν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ὁ διάβολος ὅταν ἴδῃ ὅτι διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου λογισμοῦ οὐ δύναταί σε βλά ψαι, τότε φέρει πρὸς σὲ ἀσθενεστέρους μοναχοὺς, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρόφασίν τινα διὰ λόγων, ἢ διὰ ἔργων ἀνα παύσεως, ἢ ζῆλον σαρκικὸν δίδωσίν σοι εἰς τὸ σκανδαλίσαι σε καὶ καταρρᾶξαί σε. σὺ δὲ νοῶν ὅτι τοῦ ἐχθροῦ εἰσιν κατασκευαὶ αὗται μὴ ἄρξαις εἰς τὴν διά νοιάν σου λέγειν.","english":"The bishop says to him, \"Hear in what works the evil desire puts to death the servants of God. Before all things, the desire for a woman, and the costly extravagance of wealth, which is the love of money, and for many and vain foods, and for much strong drink, of varied taste, and for vain human glory—or rather, every luxury and pleasure of this life is vain. These wickednesses, then, and these desires put to death the servants of God. Abstain from them, therefore, and you shall live to God. If you serve God in righteousness, you are able to gain mastery over evil desire.\" Antiochus says, \"I too wished to know in what ways I ought to serve the good desire.\" The bishop says, \"Work righteousness and the virtue of truth, fear of the Lord and faith and love and humility and endurance, and things like these, and cleave to good works. And doing these things you shall be well-pleasing and a servant of God forever.\" Again the bishop says to him, \"When the devil sees that he cannot harm you through your own reasoning, then he brings weaker monks to you, and through them, by words or by works of relaxation, or he gives you fleshly zeal, in order to scandalize you and cast you down. But you, understanding that these are the devices of the enemy, do not begin to say in your mind—","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοιούτου γένους εἰμὶ μεγά λου, καὶ οὗτος ἰδιώτης καὶ εὐτελὴς καὶ ἀσθενὴς, κἀγὼ εἰς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἔχω πεσεῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ διὰ τοῦτο πρόσπεσε αὐτῷ, μεμνημένος τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐντολῆς, ἥτις σοι παρακελεύεται «ἐάν τίς σε ῥαπίσῃ εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην», καὶ μὴ πρότερον ἀποστῇς αὐτοῦ τῶν ποδῶν ἕως οὗ συγχώρησιν μετ' εὐχῆς δέξῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ, ὅπως τέλειός σοι ἀποδοθῇ τῆς ταπεινοφροσύνης ὁ στέφανος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκο πος \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς ἑνδεκάτης ἐντολῆς· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν λύπην. καὶ γὰρ αὐτὴ ἀδελφή ἐστιν τῆς διψυχίας καὶ τῆς ὀξυχολίας\". λέγει ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Πῶς, κύριε, ἀδελφή ἐστιν τούτων; ἄλλο γάρ μοι δοκεῖ ὀξυχολία καὶ ἄλλο λύπη\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Διὰ τί οὐ νοεῖς τὰ λεγόμενά σοι; ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ οὐ νοοῦσιν οἱ βάλλοντες ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰ κοσμικὰ καὶ σαρκικὰ πράγματα. οὐ νοεῖς ὅτι πονηροτάτη ἐστὶν καὶ δεινοτάτη τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ. οἱ δὲ τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ ἔχοντες δικαιοσύνης ἔργον καὶ ἀληθείας ἐπιτελοῦσιν, καὶ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντες πρὸς κύριον τυγχάνουσιν καὶ συνιοῦσιν, διότι καθαροί εἰσιν καὶ ἀμέριμνοι ἀπὸ πάσης φρον τίδος τοῦ βίου καὶ μερίμνης κοσμικῆς καὶ οὐδὲν εἰ μὴ μόνον τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ ἔχουσιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς. ὅπου γὰρ ὁ κύριος κατοικεῖ, ἐκεῖ ἐστιν σύνεσις πολλή. κολλήθητι οὖν τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ πάντα νοήσεις. ἄκουε πῶς ἡ λύπη ἐκτρίβει τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ πάλιν σώζει.","english":"I am from such a great family, and this man is a commoner, insignificant and weak, and yet I have to fall at his feet—or rather, for this very reason fall down before him, remembering the commandment of our Savior Jesus Christ, which enjoins you: 'If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also,' and do not depart from his feet until you receive forgiveness with prayer from him, so that the crown of humility may be rendered to you perfect for the ages. Amen.\" And after they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the eleventh commandment: remove grief from yourself. For it too is a sister of double-mindedness and of quick temper.\" Antiochus says, \"How, lord, is it a sister of these? For quick temper seems to me one thing and grief another.\" The bishop says to him, \"Why do you not understand what is said to you? For those who cast themselves into worldly and fleshly affairs do not understand. Do you not understand that it is most evil and most terrible for the servants of God? But those who have the fear of God perform the work of righteousness and truth, and having their heart and mind toward the Lord, they understand, because they are pure and free from all anxiety of life and worldly care, and have nothing in themselves except only the fear of God. For where the Lord dwells, there is great understanding. Cleave therefore to the Lord, and you will understand all things. Hear how grief wears away the spirit and again saves it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"ὅταν ὁ δίψυχος ἐπιβάληται πρᾶξαί τι καὶ ἀποτύχῃ διὰ τὴν διψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἡ λύπη πορεύεται εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ λυπεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ στενοχωρεῖ. εἶτα πάλιν ἡ ὀξυχολία, ὅταν κολληθῇ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ περὶ πράγματός τινος καὶ λίαν πικρανθῇ καὶ ποιήσῃ τι κακὸν, πάλιν ἡ λύπη εἰσπορεύεται εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἀν θρώπου, καὶ λυπεῖται ἐπὶ τῇ πράξει αὐτοῦ ᾗ ἔπραξεν, καὶ μεταμελεῖται ὅτι πονηρὸν\n\nεἰργάσατο. αὕτη οὖν ἡ λύπη δοκεῖ σωτηρίαν ἔχειν, ὅτι πονηρὸν πράξας μετε νόησεν. ἀμφότεραι οὖν αἱ πράξεις λυποῦσιν τὸν ἄν θρωπον· ἡ μὲν διψυχία ὅτι οὐκ ἔτυχεν τῆς πράξεως αὐτοῦ, ἡ δὲ ὀξυχολία ὅτι ἔπραξεν τὸ πονηρόν. ἀμφότερα οὖν λυπηρά εἰσιν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ. ἆρον τὴν λύπην ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ μὴ θλῖβε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τὸ ἐν σοὶ κατοικοῦν, μή ποτε ἐντεύξηται κατὰ σοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἀποστῇ ἀπὸ σοῦ. τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ δοθὲν εἰς τὴν σάρκα ταύτην λύπην σαρκικὴν οὐχ ὑποφέρει οὐδὲ στενοχωρίαν. λύπη γὰρ ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς προ τέροις ἁμαρτήμασιν μόνη ἔχει ὠφέλειαν, ἐὰν μὴ πάλιν ἁμαρτήσῃς. πᾶς γὰρ ἱλαρὸς ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὰ ἐργάζεται καὶ ἀγαθὰ φρονεῖ καὶ καταφρονεῖ τῆς ματαίας λύπης· ὁ δὲ λυπηρὸς ἀνὴρ πάντοτε πονηρεύεται. πρῶτον μὲν πονηρεύεται ὅτι λυπεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τὸ δοθὲν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἱλαρόν· δεύτερον δὲ λυπῶν τὸ πνεῦμα ἀνο μίαν ἐργάζεται μὴ ἐντυγχάνων μηδὲ ἐξομολογοίμενος τοῦ θεοῦ. πάντοτε γὰρ λυπηροῦ ἀνδρὸς ἡ ἔντευξις οὐκ ἔχει δύναμιν τοῦ ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἡ λύπη ἐγκάθηται ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ.","english":"When the double-minded man undertakes to do something and fails because of his double-mindedness, grief enters into the man and grieves the Holy Spirit and causes distress. Then again, irritability, when it cleaves to a man over some matter and he becomes very bitter and does something evil, again grief enters into the man's heart, and he is grieved over his deed that he did, and he repents that he wrought evil. This grief, then, seems to have salvation in it, because after doing evil he repented. Both actions, then, grieve the man: double-mindedness, because he did not succeed in his action, and irritability, because he did the evil. Both, then, are grievous to the Holy Spirit. Remove grief from yourself and do not distress the Holy Spirit who dwells in you, lest he entreat God against you and depart from you. For the Spirit of God given into this flesh does not endure fleshly grief or distress. For grief over former sins alone has benefit, if you do not sin again. For every cheerful man does good and thinks good and despises vain grief; but the grieving man always does evil. First, he does evil because he grieves the Holy Spirit who was given to man as cheerful; second, by grieving the Spirit he works lawlessness, not entreating or confessing to God. For always the entreaty of a grieving man has no power to ascend to the altar of God, because grief sits in his heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"μεμιγμένη οὖν ἡ λύπη ἡ κοσμικὴ μετὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως οὐκ ἀφίησιν τὴν ἔντευξιν ἀναβῆναι καθαρὰν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. ὥσπερ γὰρ ὄξος οἴνῳ μεμιγμένον τὴν αὐτὴν ἡδονὴν οὐκ ἔχει, οὕτως καὶ λύπη μεμιγμένη μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τὴν αὐτὴν ἔντευξιν οὐκ ἔχει. καθάρισον οὖν σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης τῆς πο νηρᾶς ταύτης, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἅπαντες ὅσοι ἀπο βάλλονται τὴν λύπην ἀφ' ἑαυτῶν καὶ ἐνδύονται ἀγάπην καὶ ἱλαρότητα ζήσονται εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν. 2. Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου πατριάρχου Ἀλεξανδρείας Διδασκαλία πρὸς Ἀντίοχον δοῦκαν.\n\nἘλθὼν πρὸς τὸν ἁγιώτατον ἐπίσκοπον Ἀθανάσιον δοὺξ ὀνόματι Ἀντίοχος ἐν δεινῇ ἀρρωστίᾳ κατεχό μενος παρεκάλει εὔχεσθαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὅπως, ἐὰν ὑγιάνῃ, ἐπιστρέψει λοιπὸν πρὸς τὸν κύριον, μετανοῶν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν αὐτοῦ. καὶ παρακαλέσαντος τοῦ ἐπισκό που τὸν φιλάνθρωπον θεὸν ὑγιὴς τῇ ἑξῆς γέγονεν. καὶ δὴ ἤρχετο φέρων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ τίθησι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, παρακαλῶν δο θῆναι τοῖς πτωχοῖς καὶ τοῖς χρείαν ἔχουσιν, αὐτὸν δὲ λαβόντα τὸ σεμνὸν σχῆμα παρὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ἀνδρὸς τὸν ἐνάρετον καὶ μονήρη βίον πολιτεύεσθαι· ὅπερ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτι ἐποίησεν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος. τότε λέγει τῷ ἐπι σκόπῳ ὁ δοὺξ Ἀντίοχος \"Ἔδει με ἀφ' οὗ ἐβαπτίσθην φυλάξαι τὴν πίστιν καὶ μὴ μολῦναι τὸ βάπτισμα ἔτι· ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἀφροσύνη μου μεγάλην ἐν ἐμοὶ εἰργάσατο ἀμέλειαν, παρακαλῶ τὴν σὴν ἁγιωσύνην διδάξαι με καὶ κατηχῆσαι καὶ νουθετῆσαι τίνων ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν πραγμά των καὶ ἔργων καὶ λογισμῶν ἐγκρατεύσομαι, καὶ τίνων ἄλλων ἐπιμελήσομαι ἀρετῶν\".","english":"Worldly grief, then, when mixed with prayer, does not allow the prayer to ascend pure to the altar of God. For just as vinegar mixed with wine does not have the same sweetness, so too grief mixed with the spirit does not have the same power of prayer. Cleanse yourself, therefore, from this wicked grief, and you will live to God, and all who cast grief away from themselves and put on love and cheerfulness will live forever. Amen. 2. A Teaching of our father among the saints Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, to Antiochus the duke.\n\nA duke by the name of Antiochus, having come to the most holy bishop Athanasius and being held in a grievous sickness, entreated him to pray on his behalf, that if he should recover he would thereafter turn to the Lord, repenting of his sins. And when the bishop had entreated the man-loving God, he became well on the following day. And at once he began to bring with him his possessions and laid them at the feet of the bishop, entreating that they be given to the poor and to those in need, and that he himself, having received the venerable habit from the holy man, might live the virtuous and monastic life; which, by the grace of God, the bishop did. Then the duke Antiochus says to the bishop: \"I ought, from the time I was baptized, to have kept the faith and no longer defiled my baptism; but since my folly has wrought great negligence in me, I entreat your holiness to teach me and instruct me and admonish me as to what things and works and thoughts I shall from now on restrain myself from, and what other virtues I shall cultivate.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Τότε ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ποιήσας εὐχὴν καὶ καθίσας ἐδί δασκεν αὐτὸν ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ μίαν ἑκάστην ἐντολὴν τῶν διδαγμάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ πληρῶσαι. ἄρχεται οὖν λέγειν αὐτῷ \"Χρὴ τὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκηλίδωτον ἀρετὴν ἐρ χόμενον καὶ σεμνὸν βίον πολιτευόμενον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς προτέροις ἁμαρτήμασι μετανοοῦντα πρὸ πάντων πι στεύειν εἰς ἕνα θεὸν παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων, καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μονεγενῆ, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο τὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ, θεὸν σωτῆρα ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα ὁμοούσιον τῷ πατρὶ, καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τὸ κύριον καὶ ζωοποιὸν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ συμ προσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον. εἷς θεὸς μόνος ὁ πάντα χωρῶν, μόνος δὲ ἀχώρητος ὢν, καὶ ὅτι πάντα δύναται, ἀδύνατον δὲ αὐτῷ οὐδέν. ἐὰν οὕτως πιστεύ σῃς ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης ψυχῆς καὶ ἐξ ὅλης ἰσχύος σου καὶ φοβηθῇς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐγκρατεύσῃ ὧν λέγω σοι, εἰσακουσθήσεταί σου ἡ ἔντευξις καὶ πιστεύσας λήψῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ τὴν βοήθειαν καὶ νίκην καὶ σωτηρίαν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".","english":"Then the bishop, after offering a prayer and sitting down, taught him in the Holy Spirit to fulfill each one of the commandments of the teachings of Christ. He began therefore to say to him: \"It is necessary that the one who comes to blameless virtue and conducts a life of dignity and repents of his former sins should before all things believe in one God, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, through whom all things came to be, both in heaven and on earth, who is God our Savior, consubstantial with the Father, and in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is together worshipped and together glorified. One God alone who contains all things, yet alone is uncontained, and that he is able to do all things, and nothing is impossible for him. If you believe thus with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole strength, and fear him and keep yourself from what I tell you, your petition will be heard, and having believed you will receive from him help and victory and salvation for the ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"Καὶ ἀναστὰς ηὔξατο, καὶ μετὰ τὴν εὐχὴν λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἁπλότητα ἔχε καὶ ἄκακος γενοῦ, καὶ ἔσο ὡς τὰ νήπια τὰ μὴ γινώσκοντα πονηρίαν τὴν ἀπόλλουσαν τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων. πρῶτον μὲν μηδενὸς κατα λάλει μηδὲ ἡδέως ἄκουε τοῦ καταλαλοῦντος· εἰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ σὺ ἀκούων ἔνοχος ἔσῃ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ καταλα λοῦντος, ἂν πιστεύσῃς τῇ καταλαλιᾷ ᾗ ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς· ἐπίστευσας γὰρ καὶ σὺ αὐτὸς ἕξεις κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου. οὕτως οὖν ἔνοχος ἔσῃ τοῦ καταλαλοῦντος. πονηρὸν γὰρ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ καταλαλιὰ καὶ ἀκατάστατον δαιμόνιον, μηδέποτε εἰρηνεῦον, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐν διχοστασίαις κατοικοῦν. ἄπεχε οὖν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰρήνην ἕξεις μετὰ πάντων, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν ἁπλότητα καὶ τὴν σεμνότητα, ἐν οἷς οὐδὲν πρόσκομμά ἐστι πονηρὸν, ἀλλὰ πάντα ὁμαλὰ καὶ ἱλαρὰ, καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Καὶ ἀναστὰς ηὔξατο, καὶ μετὰ τὴν εὐχὴν καθίσας λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολήν· ἀλήθειαν ἀγάπα καὶ πᾶσα ἀλήθεια ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου ἐκπορευέσθω, ἵνα τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ κατοικῇ ἐν σοί. οἱ γὰρ ψευδόμενοι ἀθετοῦσι τὸν θεόν. ἔλαβον γὰρ πνεῦμα ἀληθείας καὶ ἐγένοντο οἰκητήρια τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ πνεύματος. ἐὰν οὖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν φυλάξῃς, δυνήσῃ σεαυτῷ ζωὴν περιποιήσασθαι. ὅρκον δὲ δικαίως ἢ ἀδίκως ἔκφευγε, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια εἰσάξει σε εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν ἀθάνατον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".","english":"And he rose and prayed, and after the prayer he says to him: \"Keep simplicity and be guileless, and be as the infants who do not know the wickedness that destroys the salvation of men. First of all, do not speak evil of anyone, nor listen gladly to one who speaks evil; otherwise you too, by listening, will be guilty of the sin of the one who speaks evil, if you believe the evil-speaking that you hear; for you too have believed and will hold it against your brother. Thus then you will be guilty with the one who speaks evil. For evil-speaking is an evil spirit and an unstable demon, never at peace, but always dwelling in dissensions. Keep away from it, then, and you will have peace with all; and clothe yourself with simplicity and dignity, in which there is no wicked stumbling block, but all things are smooth and cheerful, and you will live forever. Amen.\" And he rose and prayed, and after the prayer, sitting down, he says to him: \"Hear also this commandment: love the truth, and let all truth proceed from your mouth, so that the Spirit of God may dwell in you. For those who lie reject God. For they received a spirit of truth and became dwellings of the true Spirit. If then you keep the truth, you will be able to procure life for yourself. Shun an oath, whether just or unjust, and the truth will bring you into the immortal life forever. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν καθεσθεὶς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς τετάρτης ἐντολῆς· φύλασσε τὴν ἁγνείαν καὶ μὴ ἀναβαινέτω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου περὶ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας ἢ περὶ πορνείας τινὸς, ἢ περὶ τοιούτων ὀνομάτων. τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἁμαρτίαν μεγάλην ἐργάζῃ, μὴ ταχέως ἀφιστῶν τὸν νοῦν σου τοῦ τοι ούτου αἰσχροῦ φάσματος. ἡ γὰρ ἐνθύμησις αὕτη θεοῦ δούλῳ ἁμαρτία μεγάλη ἐστίν. εἰ δέ τις ἐργάζεται τὸ ἔργον τὸ πονηρὸν τοῦτο, θάνατον ἑαυτῷ κατεργάζεται. βλέπε οὖν, ἀπέχου ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνθυμήσεως ταύτης. ὅπου γὰρ σεμνότης καὶ ἁγνεία κατοικεῖ, ἐκεῖ ἀνομία οὐκ ὀφεί λει ἀναβαίνειν. τοῦτο δὲ κατορθοῦται διὰ πυκνοτέρας καὶ ἐπιπόνου εὐχῆς. τοῦτο οὖν ποίει, καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Καὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ καθίσας ὁ ἐπί σκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς πέμπτης ἐντολῆς· φύλασσε τὴν ἁγνείαν καὶ μακροθυμίαν καὶ γίνου συνε τὸς, καὶ πάντων τῶν πονηρῶν ἔργων κατακυριεύσεις καὶ ἐργάσῃ πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην. ἐὰν γὰρ μακρό θυμος ἔσῃ, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατοικοῦν ἐν σοὶ καθαρὸν ἔσται, μὴ σκοτούμενον ὑπὸ πονηροῦ πνεύμα τος, μηδὲ μιαινόμενον ὑπὸ τῆς ὀξυχολίας. ἐν γὰρ τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ ὁ κύριος κατοικεῖ, ἐν δὲ τῇ ὀξυχολίᾳ ὁ διά βολος. ἀμφότερα οὖν τὰ πνεύματα ἀσύμφορόν ἐστιν ἐν ταὐτῷ κατοικεῖν. ἐὰν γὰρ λαβὼν ἀψινθίου μικρὸν εἰς κεράμιον μέλιτος ἐπιχέῃς, οὐχὶ ὅλον τὸ μέλι ἀφα νίζεται, καὶ τοσοῦτον μέλι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐλαχίστου ἀψινθίου ἀπόλλυται. ἐὰν δὲ εἰς τὸ μέλι μὴ βληθῇ τὸ ἀψίνθιον, γλυκὺ εὑρίσκεται τὸ μέλι καὶ εὔχρηστον πάντως γίνεται τῷ δεσπότῃ.","english":"And when they had prayed, the bishop sat down and said to him: \"Hear also the fourth commandment: keep chastity, and let there not arise in your heart [a thought] concerning another man's wife, or concerning any fornication, or concerning such words. For by doing this you commit a great sin, unless you quickly remove your mind from this shameful image. For this thought is a great sin for a servant of God. But if anyone commits this evil deed, he brings death upon himself. See, therefore, and abstain from this thought. For where reverence and chastity dwell, lawlessness ought not to arise there. And this is accomplished through more frequent and laborious prayer. Do this, then, and you shall live forever. Amen.\" And they rose and prayed, and the bishop sat down and said to him: \"Hear also the fifth commandment: keep chastity and patience, and be understanding, and you shall have dominion over all evil deeds and shall work all righteousness. For if you are patient, the Holy Spirit dwelling in you will be pure, not darkened by an evil spirit, nor defiled by quick temper. For in patience the Lord dwells, but in quick temper the devil. Both spirits, then, cannot dwell together in the same place. For if you take a little wormwood and pour it into a jar of honey, is not the whole honey spoiled, and so much honey is destroyed by the least bit of wormwood? But if the wormwood is not thrown into the honey, the honey is found sweet and becomes altogether useful to its master.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"βλέπε οὖν ὅτι ἡ μακροθυμία γλυκυτάτη ἐστὶν ὑπὲρ τὸ μέλι καὶ εὔχρηστός ἐστι τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ κατοικεῖ, ἡ δὲ ὀξυχολία τὴν μακροθυμίαν μιαίνει. ἄκουε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς ὀξυχολίας πῶς πονηρά ἐστιν καὶ πλανᾷ τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ καταστρέφει τῇ ἑαυτῆς ἐνεργείᾳ. οὐκ ἀποπλανᾷ δὲ τοὺς ὄντας πλήρεις ἐν πίστει, οὐδὲ ἐνεργῆσαι δύναται εἰς αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἡ δύναμις τοῦ κυρίου μετ' αὐτῶν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ ἀποπλανᾷ τοὺς διψύχους. ὅταν γὰρ ἴδῃ τοὺς τοιούτους ἀνθρώπους εὐσταθοῦντας, παρεμβάλλει ἑαυ τὴν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οὕτως πικραί νεται ἄνθρωπος ἕνεκεν βιωτικῶν πραγμάτων, ἢ φίλου τινὸς, ἢ περὶ δόσεως καὶ λήψεως, ἢ περὶ τοιούτων μιαρῶν πραγμάτων. ταῦτα πάντα μωρά ἐστι καὶ κενὰ καὶ ἀσύμφορα τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, ἡ δὲ μακροθυμία μεγάλη ἐστὶ καὶ ὀχυρὰ, ἔχουσα τὴν δύναμιν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ καθημένην ἐν πλατυσμῷ μεγάλῳ. ἱλαρὰ, ἀγαλλιωμένη καὶ ἀμέριμνος οὖσα δοξάζει τὸν κύριον ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, μηδὲν ἔχουσα ἐν ἑαυτῇ πικρὸν, παραμένουσα διὰ παντὸς","english":"See, then, that patience is sweeter than honey and is useful to the Lord, and dwells in him; but quickness to anger defiles patience. Hear also the working of quickness to anger, how evil it is, and how it deceives the servants of God and overturns them by its own working. But it does not deceive those who are full in faith, nor is it able to work in them, because the power of the Lord is with them; but it deceives the double-minded. For when it sees such men standing firm, it insinuates itself into the heart of the man, and thus a man is embittered on account of worldly matters, or of some friend, or concerning giving and receiving, or concerning such foul things. All these things are foolish and empty and unprofitable to the servants of God; but patience is great and strong, having power that is mighty and seated in great breadth. Being cheerful, rejoicing, and free from care, it glorifies the Lord at all times, having nothing bitter in itself, remaining throughout.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"πραότητι καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ. Αὕτη οὖν ἡ μακροθυμία κατοικεῖ μετὰ τῶν πίστιν ἐχόντων ὁλόκληρος, ἡ δὲ ὀξυχολία πρῶτον μὲν μωρία ἐστὶν καὶ ἐλαφρία φρενῶν· εἶτα ἐκ τῆς ἀφροσύνης γίνε ται πικρία, ἐκ δὲ τῆς πικρίας θυμὸς, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ θυμοῦ ὀργὴ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ὀργῆς μῆνις. εἶτα ἡ μῆνις ἐκ τοσού των κακῶν συνισταμένη γίνεται ἁμαρτία μεγάλη καὶ ἀνίατος. ὅταν γὰρ πάντα τὰ ἀνθρώπινα ταῦτα ἐν ἑνὶ ἀγγείῳ κατοικῇ, ὅπου καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, οὐ χω ρεῖ ἐκεῖνο τὸ ἄγγος, ἀλλ' ὑπερπλεονάζει τὸ τρυφερὸν πνεῦμα, μὴ ἔχον συνήθειαν μετὰ πονηροῦ πνεύματος καὶ σκληρότητος κατοικεῖν. ὑποχωρεῖ οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀν θρώπου τούτου καὶ ζητεῖ κατοικεῖν μετὰ πραότητος καὶ ἡσυχίας. εἶτα ὅταν ἀποστῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὗ κατοικεῖ, γίνεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος κενὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ λοιπὸν πεπληρωμένος τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν πονηρῶν ἀκαταστατεῖ ἐν πάσῃ πράξει αὐτοῦ, περισπώμενος ὧδε κἀκεῖ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν πονηρῶν, καὶ ὅλος ἀποτυφλοῦται ἀπὸ τῆς διανοίας τῆς ἀγαθῆς. οὕτως οὖν συμβαίνει πᾶσι τοῖς ὀξυχόλοις. ἀπέχου οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς ὀξυχολίας, τοῦ πονηροῦ δαίμονος, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν μακροθυμίαν καὶ ἀντίστηθι τῇ ὀξυχολίᾳ, καὶ ἔσῃ ἐπαινούμενος μετὰ τῆς σεμνότητος τῆς ἠγαπημένης ὑπὸ κυρίου. βλέπε οὖν μὴ παραλογίσῃ τὴν ἐντολὴν ταύτην. ἐὰν γὰρ ταύτην φυλάξῃς, δυνήσῃ καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς τηρῆσαι. ἴσχυε οὖν ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ ἐνδυναμοῦ, καὶ νικήσεις καὶ ζήσῃ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".","english":"in gentleness and quietness. This long-suffering, then, dwells whole with those who have faith, but quickness to anger is first folly and levity of mind; then from thoughtlessness comes bitterness, from bitterness rage, from rage wrath, from wrath fury. Then fury, composed of so many evils, becomes a great and incurable sin. For when all these human things dwell in one vessel, where the Holy Spirit also is, that vessel does not contain it, but the tender Spirit overflows, having no habit of dwelling with an evil spirit and hardness. It withdraws, then, from this man and seeks to dwell with gentleness and quietness. Then when it has departed from the man in whom it dwelt, that man becomes empty of the Holy Spirit and thereafter, filled with evil spirits, is unsettled in every action of his, being pulled this way and that by evil men, and is wholly blinded from good understanding. So then it happens to all who are quick to anger. Abstain, therefore, from quickness to anger, the evil demon, and put on long-suffering and stand against quickness to anger, and you shall be praised with the dignity beloved by the Lord. See, then, that you do not falsify this commandment. For if you keep this one, you will be able also to keep the rest. Be strong, then, in them and be empowered, and you shall conquer and live forever. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Καὶ ἀναστάντες ηὔξαντο, καὶ καθίσας ὁ ἐπί σκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς ἕκτης ἐντολῆς· ἐνετειλάμην σοι ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ ἐντολῇ ἵνα φυλάξῃς τὴν πίστιν καὶ τὸν φόβον καὶ ἐγκρατεύσῃ\". ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ναὶ, κύριε, οὕτως ἔστιν\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἀλλὰ νῦν θέλω σοι δηλῶσαι καὶ τὰς δυ νάμεις αὐτῶν, ἵνα νοήσῃς τὴν δύναμιν ἣν ἔχουσι καὶ ἐνέργειαν. διπλαῖ γάρ εἰσιν. κεῖνται γὰρ ἐπὶ δικαίῳ καὶ ἀδίκῳ. σὺ οὖν πίστευε τῷ δικαίῳ, τῷ δὲ ἀδίκῳ μηδὲν πιστεύσῃς. τὸ γὰρ δίκαιον ὀρθὴν ὁδὸν ἔχει, τὸ δὲ ἄδικον στρεβλήν. δύο εἰσὶν ἄγγελοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀν θρώπου, εἷς τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ εἷς τῆς πονηρίας. καὶ ὁ μὲν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἄγγελος τρυφερός ἐστι καὶ αἰσχυντηρὸς καὶ πρᾶος καὶ ἰσχυρός. ὅταν οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, εὐθέως λαλεῖ μετὰ σοῦ περὶ δικαιοσύνης, περὶ ἁγνείας, περὶ σεμνότητος καὶ περὶ αὐταρκείας καὶ περὶ παντὸς ἔργου δικαίου καὶ περὶ πάσης ἀρετῆς ἐνδόξου. ταῦτα πάντα ὅταν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, γίνωσκε ὅτι ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς δι καιοσύνης μετὰ σοῦ ἐστίν. τούτῳ οὖν πίστευε καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγκρατὴς αὐτοῦ γενοῦ. ὅρα οὖν καὶ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς πονηρίας τὰ ἔργα. πρῶτον πάντων ὀξύχολός ἐστι καὶ πικρὸς καὶ ἄφρων, καὶ τὰ ἔργα αὐ τοῦ πονηρὰ, καταστρέφοντα τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ. ὅταν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, γνῶθι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ\". Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ δοὺξ Ἀντίοχος \"Πῶς, κύριε, νοήσω αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι, ἐὰν μὴ διδαχθῶ κατὰ λόγον\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἄκουε λεπτομερῶς καὶ...... γίνου. ὅταν ὀξυχολία σοί τις προσέλθῃ ἢ πικρία, γίνωσκε· ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ἐν σοί.","english":"And rising, they prayed; and the bishop sat down and said to him, \"Hear also the sixth commandment. I charged you in the first commandment to keep the faith and the fear and to be self-controlled.\" Antiochus answered, \"Yes, lord, so it is.\" The bishop says to him, \"But now I wish to make clear to you also their powers, so that you may understand the power and activity they have. For they are twofold. For they lie upon the just and the unjust. Do you, then, believe the just, but believe nothing of the unjust. For the just has a straight way, but the unjust a crooked one. There are two angels with the man, one of righteousness and one of wickedness. And the angel of righteousness is gentle and modest and meek and strong. When, then, this one ascends upon your heart, he speaks directly with you about righteousness, about purity, about dignity and about self-sufficiency and about every just work and about every glorious virtue. When all these ascend into your heart, know that the angel of righteousness is with you. Believe this one, then, and his works, and become self-controlled in him. Observe, then, also the works of the angel of wickedness. First of all, he is quick to anger and bitter and foolish, and his works are wicked, subverting the servants of God. When this one ascends upon your heart, know him by his works.\" The duke Antiochus says to him, \"How, lord, shall I understand him? I do not know, unless I am taught according to reason.\" The bishop says to him, \"Hear in detail and...... become. When any quickness to anger or bitterness comes to you, know that he is in you.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"εἶτα λοιπὸν ἐπιθυμίαι πράξεων πολλῶν καὶ πολυτέλεια ἐδεσμάτων καὶ κραιπαλῶν πολλῶν καὶ ποικίλων τροφῶν καὶ οὐ δεόντων, καὶ ἐπιθυμίαι γυναικῶν καὶ πλεονεξίαι, ὑπερηφανία τε καὶ ἀλαζονεία καὶ ὅσα τούτοις παραπλήσια. ταῦτα οὖν ὅταν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀναβῇ, γίνωσκε ὅτι ὁ ἄγγε λος τῆς πονηρίας ἐστὶν ἐν σοί. σὺ οὖν ἐπιγνοὺς τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἀπόστα ἀπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ μηδὲν αὐτῷ πίστευε. ἔχεις οὖν ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἀγγέλων τὰς ἐνεργείας. σύνες αὐτάς. περὶ μὲν [τοῖς ἔργοις] τῆς πίστεως αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ, ἵνα τοῖς ἔργοις τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς δικαιοσύνης πιστεύσῃς καὶ ἐργασάμενος αὐτὰ ζήσῃς τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".\n\nΚαὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Μέμνησαι ὅτι εἰς τὴν πρώτην ἐντολὴν ἐνετειλάμην σοι περὶ πίστεως καὶ φόβου καὶ ἐγκρατείας\". ἀπεκρίθη\n\n\"Ναὶ, κύριε\". λέγει αὐτῷ \"Νῦν ἄκουσον τῆς ἑβδόμης ἐντολῆς περὶ τοῦ φόβου· φοβοῦ τὸν κύριον καὶ φύλασσε τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσῃ δυνατὸς ἐν πράξει, καὶ ἡ πρᾶξίς σου ἀσύγκριτος ἔσται. φοβούμενος τὸν κύριον πάντα καλὰ ἐργάσῃ· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ φόβος ὃν δεῖ σε φοβηθῆναι. τὸν διάβολον μὴ φοβηθῇς, ὅτι δύναμις ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ φόβος. ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἡ δύναμις ᾖ ἔν δοξος, καὶ φόβος ἐν αὐτῷ. πᾶς γὰρ ὁ δύναμιν ἔχων καὶ φόβον ἔχει. ὁ δὲ μὴ ἔχων δύναμιν ὑπὸ πάντων καταφρονεῖται. ὁ δοῦλος οὖν τοῦ κυρίου ἰσχυρός ἐστι καὶ φοβήθητι οὖν τὸν κύριον, καὶ ζήσῃ αὐτῷ φυλάσσων τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ακουε καὶ τῆς ὀγδόης ἐντολῆς περὶ ἐγκρατείας· νόη σον ὅτι ἡ ἐγκράτεια διπλῆ ἐστίν.","english":"Then thereafter desires for many deeds and extravagance in foods and much drunkenness and varied and unnecessary foods, and desires for women and covetousness, and arrogance and boastfulness and all things similar to these. When, therefore, these rise up upon your heart, know that the angel of wickedness is in you. Do you, then, recognizing his works, depart from him and believe nothing in him. You have, therefore, the workings of both angels. Understand them. Concerning faith, this is the commandment, that you believe in the works of the angel of righteousness and, having worked them, live to God, because to him be the glory forever. Amen.\n\nAnd when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Do you remember that in the first commandment I charged you concerning faith and fear and self-control?\" He answered,\n\n\"Yes, lord.\" He says to him, \"Now hear the seventh commandment concerning fear: fear the Lord and keep his commandments, and you shall be powerful in action, and your action shall be incomparable. Fearing the Lord, you shall do all good things; this is the fear which you must fear. Do not fear the devil, because there is no power in him, nor fear. But in whom there is power, in glory, and fear is in him. For everyone who has power also has fear. But he who does not have power is despised by all. The servant of the Lord, therefore, is strong, and fear the Lord, and you shall live to him, keeping his commandments forever.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the eighth commandment concerning self-control: understand that self-control is twofold.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"ἐπὶ τινῶν γὰρ δεῖ σε ἐγκρατεύεσθαι, ἐπὶ τινῶν δὲ οὐ δεῖ. τὸ πονηρὸν ἐγκρατεύεσθαι καὶ μὴ ποιεῖν αὐτὸ, τὸ δὲ ἀγαθὸν μὴ ἐγκρατεύου, ἀλλὰ ποίει αὐτό. ἄκουε δὲ λεπτομερῶς\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ναὶ, δέομαί σου, πάντα μοι λεπτομερῶς δήλωσον, ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἤκουσα τοιοῦτον λόγον σωτηρίας, καθοπλίζοντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατὰ πάσης μηχανῆς τοῦ διαβόλου. διὰ τοῦτο ἐποίησα καὶ τὸν νοτάριόν μου πᾶσαν τὴν ἔνδοξον καὶ ἐνάρετον ταύτην διδαχὴν γράψαι\". λέγει ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἐγκρατεύου ἀπὸ πάσης πονηρίας, ἀπὸ μεθύσματος, ἀνομίας, ἀπὸ τρυφῆς πονηρᾶς, ἀπὸ ἐδεσμάτων πολλῶν καὶ πολυτελῶν, πλούτου, καυχήσεως, ὑψηλοφροσύνης καὶ ὑπερηφανίας καὶ ψεύδους καὶ καταλαλιᾶς καὶ ὑποκρίσεως καὶ μνησικακίας καὶ πάσης βλασφημίας. ταῦτα τὰ ἔργα πονηρά ἐστι τῇ ζωῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. τούτων οὖν τῶν ἔργων δεῖ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ. ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἐγκρατευόμενος τούτων οὐ δύναται ζῆσαι τῷ θεῷ. ἄκουε δὲ καὶ τὰ ἀκόλουθα τούτων\". λέγει ὁ δοὺξ Ἀντίοχος \"Ετι γὰρ, κύριε, πονηρά εἰσιν ἔργα\"; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Καὶ πολλά εἰσιν ἀφ' ὧν δεῖ τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι, κλοπὴ, ψεῦδος, ἀποστέρησις, ψευδομαρτυρία, πλεονεξία, ἀλαζονεία, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοια. ἢ οὐ δοκεῖ σοι πονηρὰ εἶναι ταῦτα\"; ἀπεκρίθη \"Καὶ λίαν πονηρὰ τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἐγκράτευσαι οὖν ἀπὸ πάντων τούτων, ἵνα ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγραφήσῃ μετὰ τῶν ἐγκρατευομένων. ἃ μὲν οὖν δεῖ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι ταῦτά ἐστιν· ἃ δὲ δεῖ σε μὴ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι, ἀλλὰ ποιεῖν, ἄκουε.","english":"For in some things you must exercise self-control, but in some things you must not. To exercise self-control over evil and not do it, but do not exercise self-control over good, but do it. Listen carefully.” Antiochus says to him, “Yes, I beg you, explain everything to me in detail, for I have never heard such a word of salvation, arming a man against every device of the devil. For this reason I have also had my notary write down all this glorious and virtuous teaching.” The bishop says, “Exercise self-control from all evil, from drunkenness, lawlessness, from wicked luxury, from many and costly foods, wealth, boasting, loftiness of mind and pride and falsehood and slander and hypocrisy and remembrance of wrongs and all blasphemy. These are evil works for the life of men. Therefore the servant of God must exercise self-control over these works. For he who does not exercise self-control over these cannot live to God. But listen also to what follows these.” Duke Antiochus says, “Are there still, lord, evil works?” The bishop says to him, “And there are many from which the servant of God must exercise self-control: theft, falsehood, deprivation, false witness, covetousness, arrogance, and all things similar to these. Or does it not seem to you that these are evil?” He answered, “And exceedingly evil for the servants of God.” The bishop says to him, “Exercise self-control, then, from all these, so that you may live to God and be enrolled with those who exercise self-control. These, then, are the things over which one must exercise self-control; but hear the things over which you must not exercise self-control, but do.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"πάν των πρῶτον πίστις, φόβος κυρίου, ὁμόνοια, ἀγάπη, ῥήματα δικαιοσύνης, ἀλήθεια, ὑπομονή. τούτων ἀγαθώτερον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ταῦτα ἐάν τις φυλάσσῃ καὶ μὴ ἐγκρατεύηται ἀπ' αὐτῶν, μακάριός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ. εἶτα τούτων τὰ ἀκό λουθα ἄκουε· χήραις ὑπηρετεῖν καὶ ὀρφανοὺς ὑστερουμένους ἐπισκέπτεσθαι, ἐξ ἀνάγκης λυτρώσασθαι τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ, φιλόξενον εἶναι· ἐν γὰρ τῇ φιλοξενίᾳ εὑρίσκεται ἀγαθοποίησις· ἡσύχιον εἶναι, ἐνδεέστερον γενέσθαι, πάντα ἄνθρωπον πρεσβύτην σέβεσθαι, ἀσκεῖν δικαιοσύνην, ἀδελφότητα συντηρεῖν, ὕβριν ὑπο φέρειν, μακρόθυμον εἶναι, ἀμνησίκακον, κάμνοντας τῇ ψυχῇ παρακαλεῖν, ἐσκανδαλισμένους ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως μὴ ἀποβαλέσθαι, ἀλλ' ἐπιστρέφειν καὶ εὐθύμους ποι εῖν, ἁμαρτάνοντας νουθετεῖν, χρεώστας μὴ θλίβειν, ἐν δεεῖς μὴ λυπεῖν, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοιά ἐστιν. δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ἀγαθὰ εἶναι\"; ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Τί γὰρ, κύριε, δύναται τούτων ἀγαθώτερον εἶναι\"; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Γύμναζε σεαυτὸν ἐν τούτοις καὶ μὴ ἐγκρατεύου πάντων, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".","english":"First of all, faith, fear of the Lord, concord, love, words of righteousness, truth, endurance. Nothing is better than these in the life of men. If anyone keeps these and does not exercise self-control from them, he is blessed in his life. Then hear what follows these: to serve widows and to visit orphans who are in want, of necessity to ransom the servants of God, to be hospitable; for in hospitality good-doing is found; to be quiet, to become the lesser, to honor every man as an elder, to practice righteousness, to preserve brotherhood, to endure insult, to be long-suffering, forgetful of wrongs, to encourage those who are weary in soul, not to cast away those who have been scandalized from the faith, but to turn them back and make them cheerful, to admonish those who sin, not to oppress debtors, not to grieve the needy, and whatever is similar to these. Does this seem to you to be good?” Antiochus answered, “Why, lord, what could be better than these?” The bishop says to him, “Train yourself in these things and do not exercise self-control over all things, and you will live to God for the ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ακουε καὶ τῆς ἐνάτης ἐντολῆς τὴν διδασκαλίαν· πάνυ γὰρ ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν διψυχίαν καὶ μηδὲν ὅλως διψυχήσῃς αἰτήσασθαι παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι πῶς δυνήσομαι αἰτήσασθαι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου λαβεῖν ἡμαρτηκὼς τοσαῦτα εἰς αὐτόν; μὴ δια λογίζου ταῦτα, ἀλλ' ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας σου ἐπίστρεψον πρὸς κύριον καὶ αἰτοῦ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀδιστάκτως, καὶ γνώσῃ τὴν πολυευσπλαγχνίαν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐ μή σε\n\nἐγκαταλίπῃ, ἀλλὰ τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου πληροφορήσει. οὐκ ἔστιν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὡς οἱ ἄνθρωποι μνησικακοῦντες, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ἀμνησίκακός ἐστιν καὶ σπλαγχνίζεται ἐπὶ τὴν ποίησιν αὐτοῦ. σὺ οὖν καθάρισον τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀπὸ πάν των τῶν ματαίων τούτων καὶ τῶν προειρημένων σοι ῥημάτων, καὶ αἰτοῦ παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ λήψῃ, καὶ πάντων τῶν αἰτημάτων σου ἀστέρητος ἔσῃ, ἐὰν ἀδιστάκτως αἰτήσῃς· ἐὰν δὲ διστάσῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, οὐδὲν οὐ μὴ λήψῃ τῶν αἰτημάτων σου. οἱ γὰρ διστά ζοντες εἰς τὸν θεὸν, οὗτοί εἰσιν ὡς δίψυχοι καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως λαμβάνουσι τῶν αἰτημάτων αὐτῶν. οἱ δὲ ὁλοτελεῖς ὄντες ἐν τῇ πίστει πάντα αἰτοῦνται πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν καὶ λαμβάνουσιν, ὅτι ἀδιστάκτως αἰτοῦν ται μηδὲν διψυχοῦντες. πᾶς γὰρ δίψυχος ἀνὴρ, ἐὰν μὴ μετανοήσῃ, δυσκόλως σωθήσεται. καθάρισον οὖν τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀπὸ τῆς διψυχίας, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν πίστιν, ὅτι ἰσχυρά ἐστιν, καὶ πίστευε τῷ θεῷ ὅτι πάντα τὰ αἰτήματά σου ἃ αἰτῇ λήψῃ, καὶ ἐὰν αἰτησάμενός ποτε παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου αἴτημά τι καὶ βραδύτερον λάβῃς, μὴ διψυχήσῃς, ὅτι τάχιον οὐκ ἔλαβες τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου.","english":"And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the teaching of the ninth commandment, for it is very profitable. Remove double-mindedness from yourself, and do not be at all double-minded when you ask anything from God, saying within yourself, 'How can I, having sinned so greatly against him, ask from the Lord and receive?' Do not reason thus, but turn to the Lord with your whole heart and ask from him without hesitation, and you will know his great compassion, that he will certainly not forsake you, but will fulfill the request of your soul. For God is not like men who bear grudges, but he himself is forgetful of evil and has compassion on his creation. You therefore cleanse your heart from all these vain things and from the words previously spoken to you, and ask from the Lord, and you will receive, and you will be deprived of none of your requests, if you ask without hesitation. But if you hesitate in your heart, you will certainly receive none of your requests. For those who hesitate toward God are like double-minded men and receive nothing at all of their requests. But those who are whole in faith ask all things, trusting in God, and they receive, because they ask without hesitation, being in no way double-minded. For every double-minded man, if he does not repent, will be saved with difficulty. Cleanse therefore your heart from double-mindedness, and clothe yourself with faith, for it is strong, and believe God that you will receive all your requests that you ask; and if at some time you have asked something from the Lord and receive it more slowly, do not be double-minded because you did not quickly receive the request of your soul.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"πάντως γὰρ διὰ πειρασμόν τινα ἢ παράπτωμά τι, ὃ σὺ ἀγνοεῖς, οὐκ ἔλαβες. σὺ οὖν μὴ διαλίπῃς εὐχό μενος τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου, ἕως οὗ ἀπολήψῃ αὐτό. ἐὰν δὲ ἐκκακήσῃς καὶ διψυχήσῃς αἰτούμενος, ἑαυτὸν αἰτιῶ καὶ μὴ τὸν μὴ διδοῦντά σοι. βλέπε οὖν τὴν διψυχίαν ταύτην. πονηρὰ γάρ ἐστι καὶ ἀσύνετος καὶ πολ λοὺς ἐκριζοῖ ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως, καί γε λίαν πιστοὺς καὶ ἰσχυρούς. καταφρόνησον οὖν αὐτῆς ἐν παντὶ πράγματι, ἐνδυσάμενος τὴν πίστιν τὴν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ δυνατήν. ἡ γὰρ πίστις πάντα ἐπαγγέλλεται, πάντα τελειοῖ, ἡ δὲ διψυχία μὴ καταπιστεύουσα ἑαυτὴν πάντων ἀποτυγχάνει τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς ὧν πράσσει. σὺ οὖν δούλευε τῇ εὐχῇ σου, τῇ δυνάμει τῆς πίστεως, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πάντες οἱ καταφρονοῦντες εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\".\n\nΚαὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκο πος \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς δεκάτης ἐντολῆς· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν πονηρὰν, ἔνδυσαι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τὴν ἀγαθὴν καὶ σεμνήν. ἐνδεδυμένος γὰρ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ταύτην μισήσεις τὴν πονηρὰν ἐπιθυμίαν· ἀγρία γὰρ ἐπιθυμία εἰς τάδε. ἐὰν ἐμπέσῃ εἰς λύπην ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ᾖ συνετὸς, δαπανᾶται ὑπ' αὐτῆς δει νῶς. δαπανᾷ δὲ τούτους μὴ ἔχοντας ἔνδυμα ἐπιθυμίας ἀγαθῆς, ἀλλ' ἐμπεφυρμένους τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ. τούτους οὖν παραδίδωσιν εἰς θάνατον\". καὶ λέγει ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ποῖα, κύριε, εἰσὶ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς πονηρᾶς τὰ πα ραδιδοῦντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς θάνατον; γνώρισόν μοι, ἵνα φύγω ἀπ' αὐτῶν\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ἄκουσον.","english":"For surely it was because of some trial or some transgression, which you do not know, that you did not receive. Do not cease praying for the request of your soul until you receive it. But if you grow faint and become double-minded as you ask, blame yourself and not the one who does not give to you. So watch out for this double-mindedness. For it is evil and senseless and uproots many from the faith, even those who are very faithful and strong. Therefore despise it in every matter, having put on the faith that is strong and powerful. For faith promises all things and perfects all things, but double-mindedness, not trusting itself, fails in all the works it undertakes. So devote yourself to your prayer, by the power of faith, and you will live to God, and all who despise him will live forever. Amen.\n\nAnd when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the tenth commandment: remove from yourself every evil desire, and put on the good and reverent desire. For having put on this desire, you will hate the evil desire; for wild is the desire for these things. If the servant of God falls into grief and is not understanding, he is terribly consumed by it. And it consumes those who do not have the garment of good desire, but are mixed up in this age. These, then, it hands over to death.\" And Antiochus says, \"What, lord, are the things of evil desire that hand people over to death? Make them known to me, so that I may flee from them.\" The bishop says to him, \"Listen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"πρῶτον πάντων ἐπιθυμία γυναικὸς, καὶ πολυ τέλεια πλούτου, ἥ ἐστι φιλαργυρία, καὶ ἐδεσμάτων πολλῶν καὶ ματαίων, καὶ μεθύσματος πολλοῦ, διαφό ρων γεύσεων, καὶ ἑτέρων τρυφῶν πολλῶν καὶ μωρῶν, καὶ δόξης ἀνθρωπίνης καὶ ματαίας. πᾶσα τρυφὴ μωρά ἐστι καὶ κενὴ τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ. ἀπέχεσθαι οὖν δεῖ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν τούτων, ἵνα ἀπεχόμενοι ζήσητε τῷ· θεῷ. ἐὰν δὲ δουλεύσῃς τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῇ ἀγαθῇ καὶ ὑποταγῇς αὐτῇ, δύνασαι κατακυριεῦσαι τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς πονηρᾶς καὶ ὑποτάξαι αὐτὴν καθὼς βούλει\". ὁ Ἀντίοχος λέγει \"Ἤθελον γνῶναι ποίοις τρόποις δεῖ με δουλεῦσαι τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῇ ἀγαθῇ\". ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λέγει \"Ἄκουε· ἔργασαι δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀρετὴν ἀλη θείας, καὶ φόβον κυρίου καὶ πίστιν καὶ ἀγάπην καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνην καὶ ἀκτημοσύνην ιθην ποιῆσαι τῆς κοσμικῆς ότητος, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοια τοῖς προειρημένοις. ταῦτα ἐργαζόμενος εὐάρεστος ἔσῃ δοῦλος θεοῦ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Πάλιν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Ὁ διάβολος ὅταν ἴδῃ ὅτι δι' ἑαυτοῦ, τουτέστιν διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου λογισμοῦ, οὐδὲν δύναταί σε βλάψαι, τότε φέρει πρὸς σὲ ἀσθενεστέρους μοναχοὺς, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρόφασίν τινα διὰ λόγων, ἢ ἔργων, ἢ ἀναπαύσεως, ἢ ζήλου σαρκικοῦ δίδωσίν σοι εἰς τὸ σκανδαλίσαι καὶ ταράξαι. σὺ δὲ νοῶν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ εἶναι κατασκευὴν τοῦτο μὴ ἄρξῃ εἰς τὴν διάνοιάν σου λέγειν. ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου γένους εἰμὶ","english":"First of all, the desire for a woman, and the great perfection of wealth, which is love of money, and of many and vain foods, and of much drunkenness, of various tastes, and of many other foolish luxuries, and of human and vain glory. Every luxury is foolish and empty for the servants of God. It is necessary, then, to abstain from these desires, so that by abstaining you may live for God. But if you serve the good desire and submit to it, you are able to master the evil desire and subdue it as you wish. Antiochus says, \"I wished to know in what ways I must serve the good desire.\" The bishop says, \"Listen: work righteousness and the virtue of truth, and fear of the Lord and faith and love and humility and poverty, and to make yourself free of worldly defilement, and all things similar to those just mentioned. Doing these things you will be a well-pleasing servant of God for ever. Amen.\" Again the bishop says to him, \"When the devil sees that by himself, that is, by his own reasoning, he is able to harm you in nothing, then he brings weaker monks to you, and through them gives you some pretext through words, or deeds, or rest, or fleshly zeal, to scandalize and trouble you. But you, understanding that this is the enemy's device, do not begin to say in your mind, 'I am of such a kind","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"μεγάλου, καὶ οὗτος ἰδιώτης καὶ εὐτελὴς, κἀγὼ εἰς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἔχω πεσεῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ διὰ τοῦτο πρόσ πεσε αὐτῷ, μεμνημένος τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐντολῆς, ἥτις σοι παρακελεύεται «ἐάν τίς σε ῥαπίσῃ εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην», καὶ μὴ πρότερον αὐτοῦ ἀποστῇς τῶν ποδῶν ἕως οὗ συγχώρησιν μετ' εὐχῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ δέξῃ, ὅπως τέλειός σοι ἀποδοθῇ τῆς ταπεινοφροσύνης ὁ στέφανος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκο πος \"Ἄκουε καὶ τῆς ἑνδεκάτης ἐντολῆς· ἆρον ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν λύπην· καὶ γὰρ αὕτη ἀδελφή ἐστι τῆς διψυχίας καὶ τῆς ὀξυχολίας\". λέγει ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Πῶς, κύριε, ἀδελφή ἐστι τούτων; ἄλλο γάρ μοι δοκεῖ ὀξυχολία καὶ ἄλλο διψυχία καὶ ἄλλο λύπη\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος \"Διὰ τί οὐ νοεῖς τὰ λεγόμενά σοι; καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐ νοοῦσιν οἱ βάλλοντες ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰ σαρκικὰ καὶ κοσμικὰ πράγματα. οὐ νοεῖς ὅτι ἡ λύπη πάντων τῶν παθῶν πονηροτέρα ἐστὶν καὶ δεινοτάτη τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ παρὰ πάντα τὰ πνεύματα καταφθείρει τὸν ἄνθρωπον. οἱ δὲ φόβον ἔχοντες θεοῦ καὶ ἐρευνῶντες περὶ θεοῖ ἔργων καὶ ἀληθείας, καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἔχοντες πρὸς κύριον πάντα τὰ λεγόμενα αὐτοῖς τάχιον νοοῦσι, καὶ συνιοῦσιν ὅτι καθαροί εἰσιν καὶ ἀμέριμνοι ἀπὸ πάσης φροντίδος καὶ μερίμνης κοσμικῆς καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο εἰ μὴ τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ ἔχουσιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς. ὅπου γὰρ ὁ κύριος κατοικεῖ, ἐκεῖ καὶ σύνεσις πολλή. κολλήθητι οὖν τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ πάντα νοήσεις. ἄκουε οὖν πῶς ἡ λύπη ἐκτρίβει τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ πάλιν σώζει.","english":"...great, and he is a common man and of little account, and I have him at his feet to fall, or rather for this reason I fall before him, remembering the commandment of our Savior Jesus Christ, which enjoins you, \"If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also,\" and do not depart from his feet until you receive forgiveness with prayer from him, so that the crown of humility may be restored to you perfect for the ages. Amen.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him, \"Hear also the eleventh commandment: remove sorrow from yourself; for this also is a sister of double-mindedness and of quick temper.\" Antiochus says, \"How, lord, is it a sister of these? For quick temper seems to me one thing, and double-mindedness another, and sorrow another.\" The bishop says to him, \"Why do you not understand what is said to you? For neither do those understand who cast themselves into fleshly and worldly matters. Do you not understand that sorrow is more evil than all the passions and most terrible to the servants of God, and beyond all the spirits it corrupts man. But those who have the fear of God and search concerning the works of God and the truth, and have their heart toward the Lord, understand all that is said to them more quickly, and perceive that they are pure and free from care from every worldly thought and anxiety, and have nothing else in themselves except the fear of God. For where the Lord dwells, there also is much understanding. Cleave therefore to the Lord and you will understand all things. Hear therefore how sorrow wears away the spirit and again saves it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"ὅταν ὁ δίψυχος ἐπιβάληται πρᾶξαί τι καὶ ἀποτύχῃ διὰ τὴν διψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἡ λύπη ἐκπορεύεται εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ λυπεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ στενοχωρεῖ αὐτό. εἶτα πάλιν ἡ ὀξυχολία, ὅταν κολληθῇ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ περὶ πράγματός τινος καὶ λίαν πικρανθῇ καὶ ποιήσῃ τι κακὸν, πάλιν ἡ λύπη εἰσπορεύεται εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ ὀξυχολήσαντος, καὶ λυπεῖται ἐπὶ τῇ πράξει αὐτοῦ ᾗ ἔπραξεν καὶ μετανοεῖ, ὅτι πονηρὸν εἰργάσατο. αὕτη οὖν ἡ λύπη δοκεῖ σωτηρίαν ἔχειν, ὅτι τὸ πονηρὸν πράξας μετενόησεν. ἀμφότεραι δὲ τῶν πράξεων λυποῦσι τὸν ἄνθρωπον· ἡ μὲν διψυχία ὅτι οὐκ ἐπέτυχε τῆς πράξεως, ἡ δὲ ὀξυχολία ὅτι ἔπραξεν τὸ πονηρόν. ἀμφότερα οὖν λυπηρά ἐστι τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ. ἆρον οὖν ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν λύπην καὶ μὴ θλῖβε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τὸ ἐν σοὶ κατοικοῦν, μή ποτε ἐντεύξηται τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἀποστῇ ἀπὸ σοῦ. τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ δοθὲν εἰς τὴν σάρκα ταύτην λύπην σαρκικὴν οὐχ ὑποφέρει οὐδὲ στενοχωρίαν. λύπη γὰρ ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς πρώτοις ἁμαρτήμασι μόνη ἔχει ὠφέλειαν, ἐὰν μὴ πάλιν ἁμαρτήσῃς. ἔνδυσαι οὖν τὴν ἱλαρότητα τὴν πάντοτε ἔχουσαν χάριν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτον οὖσαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐντρύφησον ἐν αὐτῇ. πᾶς γὰρ ἱλαρὸς ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὰ ἐργάζεται καὶ ἀγαθὰ φρονεῖ καὶ καταφρονεῖ τῆς ματαίας λύπης· ὁ δὲ λυπηρὸς ἀνὴρ πάντοτε ὀργίζεται καὶ ἀνομίαν ἐργάζεται μὴ ἐντυγχάνων μηδὲ ἐξομολογούμενος τῷ θεῷ. πάντοτε γὰρ λυπηροῦ ἀνδρὸς ἡ ἔντευξις οὐκ ἔχει δύναμιν τοῦ ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστή ριον τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἡ λύπη ἐγκάθηται εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ.","english":"When the double-minded man attempts to do something and fails because of his double-mindedness, grief comes out into the man and grieves the Holy Spirit and constrains it. Then again, irascibility, when it cleaves to a man over some matter and he becomes very bitter and does something evil, again grief enters into the heart of the man who was irascible, and he is grieved over his deed which he did and repents, because he wrought evil. This grief, then, seems to have salvation, because having done evil he repented. But both of these actions grieve the man: double-mindedness, because he did not succeed in the deed, and irascibility, because he did the evil. Both, then, are grievous to the Holy Spirit. Take away, therefore, grief from yourself and do not afflict the Holy Spirit that dwells in you, lest at some point it appeal to God and depart from you. For the Spirit of God that was given into this flesh does not endure fleshly grief or constraint. For grief over former sins alone has benefit, if you do not sin again. Clothe yourself, therefore, in cheerfulness, which always has grace with God and is acceptable to him, and delight in it. For every cheerful man does good and thinks good and despises vain grief; but the grieving man is always angry and works lawlessness, not appealing nor confessing to God. For always the appeal of a grieving man has no power to ascend to the altar of God, because grief sits enthroned in his heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"μεμιγμένη οὖν ἡ λύπη ἡ κοσμικὴ μετὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως οὐκ ἀφίησι τὴν ἔντευξιν ἀναβῆναι καθαρὰν εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον. ὥσπερ γὰρ ὄξος οἴνῳ μεμιγμένον τὴν αὐτὴν ἡδονὴν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οὕτως καὶ λύπη μεμιγμένη μετὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος τὴν αὐτὴν ἔντευξιν οὐκ ἔχει. καθάρισον οὖν ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης τῆς πονηρᾶς ταύτης, καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν\". Καὶ εὐξαμένων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκο πος \"Βλέπε στερεῶς καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου ἐπί στρεφε πρὸς κύριον καὶ μὴ φοβηθῇς τὸν διάβολον· δύναμις γὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ· ὁ θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ παρέχων τὴν νίκην. ὁ διά βολος μόνον φόβον ἔχει, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ τόνους οὐκ ἔχει. μὴ φοβηθῇς οὖν αὐτὸν, καὶ φεύξεται ἀπὸ σοῦ, μηδὲ τὴν ἀπειλὴν αὐτοῦ δειλιάσῃς· ἄτονος γὰρ ὡς νε κροῦ νεῦρα. οὐ δύναται γὰρ καταδυναστεύειν τῶν δού λων τοῦ\n\nθεοῦ τῶν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας ἐλπιζόντων ἐπ' αὐ τόν. δύναται οὖν ὁ διάβολος παλαῖσαι, καταπαλαῖσαι δὲ οὐ δύναται. ἐὰν οὖν ἀντιστῇς αὐτὸν, νικηθεὶς φεύ ξεται ἀπὸ σοῦ κατῃσχυμμένος. μᾶλλον φοβήθητι τὸν κύριον τὸν δυνάμενον σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι. μὴ δειλιάσῃς μηδὲ φοβηθῇς τὸν θάνατον· φθαρτὸς γάρ ἐστιν· ἀλλὰ φοβοῦ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν· προαιρετικὴ γάρ ἐστι.","english":"Worldly grief, then, mixed with prayer does not allow the prayer to ascend pure to the altar. For just as vinegar mixed with wine does not have the same sweetness, so too grief mixed with the Holy Spirit does not have the same prayer. Cleanse yourself, therefore, from this evil grief, and you will live to God forever. Amen.\" And when they had prayed, the bishop says to him: \"Look firmly, and with your whole heart turn to the Lord, and do not fear the devil; for there is no power in him against the servants of God; for God is the one who grants the victory. The devil has only fear, and his fear has no tension. Do not fear him, then, and he will flee from you, nor be cowardly before his threat; for he is slack as dead sinews. For he cannot dominate the servants of God who hope in him with their whole heart. The devil, then, can wrestle, but he cannot throw down. If, therefore, you resist him, he will be defeated and flee from you in shame. Rather, fear the Lord who is able to save and to destroy. Do not be cowardly nor fear death; for it is corruptible; but fear sin; for it is a matter of choice.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"φύλασσε σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν μελῶν τοῦ σώματός σου, ὀφθαλμοῦ, στόματος καὶ ἀκοῆς, μή ποτε διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου φθονερῶς καὶ ἀκολάστως προσέχῃς τινὶ καὶ διὰ στόματος τοῦ μὴ λαλεῖν ποτε ἀσύμφορα, καὶ ἀκοὴν τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ μήποτε καταδέξῃ λογίον βεῖς, μή ποτε ἡττηθῇς ἀσυνέτοις λογισμοῖς, ἀκοῇ βλαβερᾷ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃς ὡς κύων ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον ἔμετον, ἀλλὰ λάβε μᾶλλον εἰς τὴν σὴν ἔννοιαν τὴν ἐσχάτην ἡμέραν. οὐ γὰρ μόνος τὸν αἰῶνα βιώσεις, ἀλλὰ τὴν τότε μνήσθητι συνοχὴν καὶ πνιγμὸν καὶ θανάτου ὥραν καὶ ἀπόφασιν θεοῦ κατεπείγουσαν καὶ ἀγγέλους ἐπι σπεύδοντας καὶ ψυχὴν ἐν τούτοις θορυβουμένην καὶ ἅμα τῷ συνειδότι πικρῶς μαστιγουμένην καὶ πρὸς τὰ ὧδε ἐλεεινῶς ἐπιστρέφουσαν. καὶ τὴν ἀπαραίτητον τῆς μακρᾶς ἐκείνης ἀποδημίας ἀνάγκην διάγραψόν μοι τῇ διανοίᾳ, τὴν τελευταίαν τοῦ κοινοῦ βίου καταστροφὴν, ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ τῶν ἁγίων. ἥξει γὰρ καὶ οὐ παρασιωπήσεται, ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ κύριος κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκροὺς, καὶ ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. μνήσθητι τὸν πύρινον ποταμὸν, τὸν σκώληκα τὸν ἀκοίμητον, τὸν δεινὸν ᾅδην, τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον, τὸν πικρὸν κλαυθμὸν, τὸν βρυγμὸν τῶν ὀδόντων, τὴν ἄσβεστον κάμινον. πάντα γὰρ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα παραστήσεται, ὅταν ἡ σάλπιγξ ἐκείνη μέγα τι καὶ φο βερὸν ἠχήσασα τοὺς ἀπ' αἰῶνος ἐξεγερεῖ καθεύδοντας «καὶ ἐκπορείσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ πράξαντες εἰς ἀνά στασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως».","english":"Guard yourself from the three members of your body—eye, mouth, and hearing—lest through your eyes you attend to something with envy and licentiousness, and through your mouth never speak unprofitable things, and never admit a harmful word into your healthy hearing, lest you be overcome by senseless thoughts and harmful hearing, and turn like a dog to its own vomit; but rather take into your mind the last day. For you will not live this age alone, but remember the distress and choking of that time, and the hour of death, and the compelling judgment of God, and the angels hastening, and the soul troubled amid these things and at the same time bitterly scourged by conscience and piteously turning back to the things here. And describe to me in your thought the inexorable necessity of that long journey, and the final overthrow of the common life, when the Son of God comes in his glory with his holy angels. For he will come and will not keep silent, when the Lord comes to judge the living and the dead, and to render to each according to his works. Remember the river of fire, the unsleeping worm, dread Hades, the outer darkness, the bitter weeping, the gnashing of teeth, the unquenchable furnace. For all things will be laid bare and exposed, when that trumpet, sounding something great and fearful, awakens those who sleep from the ages, “and those who have done good will come forth to a resurrection of life, but those who have done evil to a resurrection of judgment.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"μνήσθητι τῆς τοῦ Δανιὴλ ὀπτασίας, πῶς ὑπ' ὄψεσιν ἄγει τὴν κρίσιν «ὅτι» φησὶν «ἕως οὗ θρόνοι ἐτέθησαν καὶ παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν ἐκάθισεν, καὶ τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ λευκὸν ὡς χιὼν, καὶ ἡ θρὶξ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ὡς ἔριον καθαρὸν, ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός· οἱ τροχοὶ αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον, ποταμὸς πυρὸς εἷλκεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ. χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ καὶ μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ. κριτήριον ἐκά θισεν καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεώχθησαν». τὰ ἀγαθὰ, τὰ φαῦλα, τὰ φανερὰ, τὰ κεκρυμμένα, τὰ πράγματα, τὰ ῥήματα, τὰ ἐνθυμήματα. εὐθέως οὖν εἰς ἐξάκουστον τοῖς πᾶσιν καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις σοφῶς ἀνακαλύψει. πάντα γὰρ, ὡς προεῖπον, γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα παραστή σει τῷ βήματι τῷ φοβερῷ. βλέπε λοιπὸν τὸν χρόνον ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σε καρπώσασθαι τὸ ἀμέτρητον αὐτοῦ ἔλεος, μὴ ἐν ματαιότητι ἀναλώσῃς, καὶ ἐν πύλαις ᾅδου ζητή σεις τοῦτο καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις ὃ ἐν τῷ ὕψει τῶν ἡμερῶν σου προκείμενον οὐκ ἠθέλησας. μνήσθητι οὖν καὶ ταύτην τὴν φρικτὴν τῆς ἀπολογίας ἡμέραν τῆς κρίσεως, καὶ ἴδε πῶς μέλλεις ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ πλάσαντί σε θεῷ, ὅτι αὐτός ἐστι κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν, ὅτι δεδόξασται τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ὡς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν\".","english":"Remember the vision of Daniel, how he brings the judgment before our eyes: \"until,\" he says, \"thrones were set and the Ancient of Days sat, and his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like pure wool; his throne was like a flame of fire; his wheels were a burning fire; a river of fire flowed before him. A thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court sat, and the books were opened.\" The good things, the base things, the open things, the hidden things, the deeds, the words, the thoughts. Therefore he will wisely reveal them at once, plainly for all to hear, both angels and men. For all things, as I said before, he will present naked and laid bare before that fearful tribunal. From now on, then, watch the time in which you must reap his immeasurable mercy; do not squander it in vanity, and at the gates of Hades you will seek this and will not find what, when it lay before you in the height of your days, you did not wish for. Remember, then, also that dreadful day of the defense of judgment, and see how you are to make your defense to God who formed you, that he is the judge of the living and the dead, that the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit has been glorified, as from the beginning, both now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"Καὶ συντελέσας τὰς δώδεκα ταύτας ἐντολὰς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Πορεύου ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ταύ ταις καὶ παρακάλει καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας πορεύεσθαι ἐν αὐταῖς, ἵνα ἡ μετάνοια αὐτῶν καθαρὰ γένηται τὰς λοι πὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν, θαρροῦντας ὅτι λήψονται οὐ μόνον ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν τῆς ἐπουρανίου βασιλείας, ἧς γένοιτο πάντας ἡμᾶς ἐπιτυχεῖν χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ' οὗ τῷ πατρὶ σὺν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ ζωοποιῷ πνεύματι δόξα, τιμὴ, κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν\". Ταύτας ἀκούσας τὰς ἐντολὰς ὁ Ἀντίοχος καὶ γράψας αὐτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐν βιβλίῳ, σπεύσας ὠρθοδρόμησε τῷ κοινοβίῳ, λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ\n\n\"Μή πως κατὰ μόνας οἰκῶν ὑψωθῶ καὶ βλάψω ἑαυτὸν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον δίδωμι ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεωρῶν ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τὴν πολιτείαν ζήλῳ κρατούμενος κἀγὼ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτι τὴν αὐτὴν πληρώσω ἀρετήν\". ὅπερ καὶ γέγονεν. εἰσελθὼν γὰρ εἰς κοινό βιον οὕτως ἐπολιτεύσατο μετὰ τῆς ἀδελφότητος ὡς νο μίζειν αὐτὸν μὴ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων οἰκεῖν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ ἀγγέλων θεοῦ, καὶ τὰ κελευόμενα μετὰ πάσης σπουδῆς καὶ προθυμίας καὶ χαρᾶς ἐποίει. πάντα τῦφον καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ μνήμην κοσμικὴν ἐκ ποδῶν ποιήσας πᾶσαν ἤσκει σωφροσύνην, ὑπακοὴν, ταπεινοφροσύνην, φιλαδελφίαν, σιωπὴν, ἀγάπην, οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐννοῶν εἰ μὴ τὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ νουθεσίας τοῦ ἁγίου πατρὸς καὶ ἐπισκόπου Ἀθανασίου καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.","english":"And when the bishop had completed these twelve commandments, he says to him, \"Go in these commandments and exhort those who hear to walk in them, so that their repentance may become pure for the remaining days of their life, being confident that they will receive not only forgiveness of sins, but also the inheritance of the heavenly kingdom, which may all of us obtain by the grace and love for humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom to the Father together with the Holy and life-giving Spirit be glory, honor, and power unto the ages of ages. Amen.\" When Antiochus had heard these commandments and written them on his heart as in a book, he hastened and ran straight to the monastery, saying to himself,\n\n\"Lest perhaps, living alone, I be exalted and harm myself, but rather I give myself over to obedience to the brethren, and beholding the conduct of each one, I too, overcome by zeal, by the grace of God will fulfill the same virtue.\" And so it came to pass. For having entered the community, he conducted himself with the brotherhood in such a way that he thought he was living not with men but with angels of God, and he did what was commanded with all diligence and eagerness and joy. Having put far from his feet all vainglory and pride and worldly remembrance, he practiced all chastity, obedience, humility, love of the brethren, silence, and love, thinking of nothing else except the commandments and admonitions of the holy father and bishop Athanasius and the hope that is in Christ Jesus.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"καὶ πάντες ὠφελοῦντο οἱ ἀδελφοὶ βλέποντες τὸν ἄνδρα ποτὲ μὲν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ πλούσιον καὶ ἔνδοξον καὶ μετὰ πάσης πολιτείας ἀνατραφέντα, νῦν δὲ μὴ λογιζόμενον ἑαυτὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐγενῆ καὶ ἐλεύθερον, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν εὐτέλειαν ἀσκοῦντα. καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεὸν τὸν πλείονα χαριζόμενον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὧν αἰτοῦσιν ἢ ζητοῦσιν αὐτόν. ὅνπερ ἰδὼν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ μοναστηρίου τοσούτων τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτι γέμοντα κατορθωμάτων καὶ πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν ἠμφιεσμένον τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐνιαυτῷ τῆς εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἀποκρισιάριον τῆς μονῆς, ὅπως ἐξερχόμενος ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν πᾶσαν χρείαν μετὰ πάσης εὐλαβείας διακονήσῃ, ᾧτινι καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἀδελφότης συνῄνεσεν. Ὁ δὲ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος, ἀντιλέγειν μὴ εἰδὼς, μετὰ πάσης εὐλαβείας ὡς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς καὶ ταύτην ἐποίησε τὴν ὑπακοὴν, καὶ αἰτήσας εὐχὴν παρὰ πάσης τῆς ἀδελφότητος ἐξήρχετο λοιπὸν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν εἰς πᾶσαν ἀπόκρισιν τοῦ μοναστηρίου. εὑρὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν πόλιν φίλον ἀρχαῖον, διάκονον τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὀνόματι Πιστὸν, παρ' αὐτῷ ἔμενεν, ὅτε ἤρχετο εἰς τὴν πόλιν προφά σει διακονίας. ἰδὼν οὖν ὁ φθονερὸς δαίμων τὴν τοσαύτην ἐπιστήμην καὶ ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς καὶ μὴ φέρων ὅρα τί μηχανᾶται. Θυγάτηρ ἦν μονογενὴς τῷ διακόνῳ. ταύτην πολλάκις προσεδρεύσας τις ἀναγνώστης, ὀνόματι Ἀλέξανδρος, ἔφθειρεν, καὶ τῆς κόρης ἐγκύου γεναμένης φοβηθεὶς ὁ ἀναγνώστης τὸν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ τὴν αἰσχύνην μὴ φέρων ὑπέθετο τῇ κόρῃ τὴν αἰτίαν τῷ δούλῳ τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντιόχῳ ἐπιγράψαι, ᾧ καὶ συνέθετο ἡ κόρη τοὺς πάντας οὕτως πληροφορῆσαι.","english":"And all the brothers were profited, seeing the man who had once been rich and renowned in the world and brought up amid every manner of life, now not counting himself a noble and free man, but practicing every lowliness. And they glorified God, who bestows on men more than they ask or seek of him. When the abbot of the monastery saw him filled with so many achievements by the grace of God and clothed in every virtue, in the second year of his entry he appointed him cellarer of the monastery, so that going out into the city he might serve every need with all reverence; and to this the whole brotherhood agreed. But Antiochus, the servant of God, not knowing how to contradict, with all reverence as from the beginning also performed this obedience, and having asked for a blessing from the whole brotherhood, he went out thereafter into the city for every commission of the monastery. And finding in the city an old friend, a deacon of the church named Pistus, he stayed with him whenever he came into the city on the pretext of service. The envious demon, then, seeing the man's great understanding and virtue and not bearing it—see what he contrives. The deacon had an only-begotten daughter. A certain reader named Alexander, having often sat by her, had corrupted her; and when the girl became pregnant, the reader, fearing the bishop and not bearing the shame, suggested to the girl that she lay the blame on Antiochus the servant of God, and the girl agreed to satisfy everyone in this way.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":32,"ref":"p32","source":"καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα τῆς τοῦ παιδίου γεννήσεως φανερὰ γέγονε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ τὰ κατὰ τὴν κόρην, καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτὴν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἐπυνθάνετο μετὰ πολλῆς ἀπειλῆς τίς ἂν εἴη ὁ τοῦτο πεποιηκώς. ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη \"Ἀπὸ τοῦ μονάζοντος Ἀντιόχου, καθά φησιν, ἐν συνηθείᾳ ἐστὶ τοῦ ἔρχεσθαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς\". καὶ ἐπίστευσεν ὁ ἐπίσκο πος καὶ πάντες οἱ παρεστῶτες. καὶ πέμψας μετὰ πολ λοῦ θυμοῦ εἰς τὸ μοναστήριον τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ. μεθ' ὕβρεως δὲ εἰσελθόντες μετ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἄλλος μὲν ὕβριζεν αὐτὸν, ἄλλος ἐνέπτυεν, ἕτερος ὠνείδιζεν, αὐτὸς δὲ παρέστη τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ. καὶ ἐρωτηθεὶς περὶ τῆς κόρης καὶ περὶ τοῦ γεγονότος εἶπεν ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Ἐὰν εἴπω τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἡ ἀλήθειά μου ἐν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ψεύδει οὐ μὴ πιστευθῇ\". καὶ παρεστῶτος ὅλου τοῦ ὄχλου εἶπεν ἡ κόρη κράζουσα \"Τί ἔχεις εἰπεῖν; οὐ δύνασαι ἀρνήσασθαι· ἀπὸ σοῦ γὰρ γεγένη ται τὸ παιδίον. καὶ τί αἰσχύνῃ; ὁμολόγησον ὃ ἐποίη σας\". τότε στενάξας ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος λέγει \"Δότε μοι τὸ παιδίον, καὶ ἴδω εἰ ἐξ ἐμοῦ γεγένη ται\". καὶ λαβὼν τὸ παιδίον τεσσαράκοντα ἡμερῶν ὂν καὶ κρατήσας ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἶπεν τῷ παιδίῳ \"Ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ· κυρίου, εἰπὲ, παιδίον, ἐξ ἐμοῦ γεγένησαι σύ\"; τότε βοᾷ τὸ παιδίον χάριτι τοῦ θεοῦ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ \"Οὐχὶ, δοῦλε τοῦ θεοῦ· καθαρὸς σὺ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ. ὁ δὲ τοῦτο τὸ σκάνδαλον ποιήσας Ἀλέξανδρός ἐστιν ὁ ἀναγνώστης\". τότε ἡ μὲν κόρη κατανοήσασα τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἔλεγξιν παραχρῆμα πεσοῦσα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἐξέψυξεν· ὁ δὲ ἐπίσκοπος ἀμνησικακίας χάριν ᾐτήσατο παρ' αὐτοῦ·","english":"And forty days after the child's birth, the matter concerning the girl became known to the bishop, and the bishop summoned her and questioned her with great threats as to who it was that had done this. And she answered, \"It is from the monk Antiochus, as he says, that it is his habit to come to us.\" And the bishop believed, and all who stood by. And with much anger he sent the servant of God to the monastery. And entering the city with him with insult, one man insulted him, another spat on him, another reviled him, but he stood before the bishop. And when he was questioned about the girl and about what had happened, Antiochus said, \"If I speak the truth, my truth will not be believed in your lie.\" And with the whole crowd standing by, the girl cried out, \"What have you to say? You cannot deny it; for the child has been born from you. And why are you ashamed? Confess what you have done.\" Then the servant of God Antiochus groaned and said, \"Give me the child, and let me see whether it has been born from me.\" And taking the child, which was forty days old, and holding it in his hands, he looked up to heaven and said to the child, \"In the name of the Lord, speak, child, have you been born from me?\" Then the child cried out by the great grace of God with a loud voice, \"No, servant of God; you are pure before God. But the one who made this scandal is Alexander the reader.\" Then the girl, perceiving the rebuke of God, immediately fell at his feet and gave up her spirit; and the bishop asked forgiveness of him for the sake of forgetting injuries.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"ὁ δὲ ἀναγνώστης, πολλὰ ἐπιθεὶς ἑαυτῷ\n\nσίδηρα καὶ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀπελθὼν, ἐγκλείσας ἑαυτὸν ἐν κελλίῳ μικρῷ, ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ μετανοίᾳ τέλειον τῷ θεῷ ἀπεδίδου τὴν ἐξομολόγησιν χάριτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν. Καὶ ἐπανερχομένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ μοναστήριον ἐγγὺς τῆς πύλης τῆς πόλεως προσπίπτει αὐτῷ τις νεώ τερος γονυπετῶν καὶ λέγων \"Δοῦλε τοῦ θεοῦ, συγχώρησόν μοι ὅτι ἐνέπτυσα εἰς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, πιστεύ σας τῇ ἀνόμῳ κόρῃ ἐκείνῃ περὶ τῶν κατὰ σοῦ λεχθέν των, καὶ νηστεύω ἕνεκεν τῆς τόλμης ταύτης, καὶ παρακαλῶ τὸν κύριον\". ὁ δὲ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος λέγει αὐτῷ \"Μὴ κλαῖε περὶ ἐμοῦ μηδὲ νήστευε, ἀλλὰ κλαῖε καὶ νήστευε διὰ τὸ ἱμάτιον ὃ ἔκλεψας τῆς γυναικὸς τῆς χήρας καὶ πτωχῆς πρὸ τριῶν ἡμερῶν. καὶ σὺ ἔχων πέντε ἱμάτια τὸ ἓν τῆς χήρας ἔκλεψας\". τότε ὁ νεώτερος ἐλεγχθεὶς καὶ φρίξας καὶ θαυμάσας πῶς φα νερὸν γέγονεν ὃ κρυφῆ καὶ ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ ἔπραξε μόνος ἀπέρχεται τρέμων, καὶ φέρει τὰ ἴδια πέντε ἱμάτια καὶ τὸ ἓν τῆς χήρας, καὶ ὅλα δίδωσιν τῇ γυναικὶ, παρακα λῶν αὐτῇ σὺν αὐτῷ προσπεσεῖν τῷ δούλῳ τοῦ θεοῦ. ἰδὼν δὲ ἀμφοτέρους προσπίπτοντας καὶ ἀπὸ καρδίας τὸν αἴτιον μετανοοῦντα ἐδέξατο αὐτὸν ἐν φιλήματι ἁγίῳ, καὶ λέγει ὁ νεώτερος \"Θέλω, κύριέ μου, νηστεῦσαι πολλὰς ἡμέρας, ὅτι πολλαί εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος \"Πῶς θέλεις νηστεῦσαι\"; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ \"Ἀπὸ τοῦ πρωῒ ἕως ἑσπέρας\". καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀντίοχος \"Καὶ μὴ τρώγων ποῦ διάγεις\";","english":"But the reader, having put many iron weights upon himself and gone far away from the city, shut himself in a small cell, and until his death in repentance he rendered complete confession to God, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen. And as he was returning to the monastery near the gate of the city, a certain young man fell down before him on his knees and said, \"Servant of God, forgive me, because I spat in your face, believing that lawless girl concerning the things said against you, and I am fasting because of this audacity, and I entreat the Lord.\" But the servant of God Antiochus says to him, \"Do not weep for me nor fast, but weep and fast because of the garment of the widow and poor woman which you stole three days ago. And you, having five garments, stole the one belonging to the widow.\" Then the young man, convicted and shuddering and marveling how that which he had done secretly and in the evening alone had become manifest, departs trembling, and brings his own five garments and the one of the widow, and gives them all to the woman, entreating her to fall down with him before the servant of God. And seeing them both falling down and him who was the cause repenting from the heart, he received him with a holy kiss, and the young man says, \"I wish, my lord, to fast many days, because many are my sins.\" The servant of God Antiochus says to him, \"How do you wish to fast?\" And he said to him, \"From morning until evening.\" And Antiochus says to him, \"And without eating, where do you spend your time?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"ὁ δὲ εἶπεν \"Τοὺς φίλους καὶ τὰ πράγματά μου βλέπω, καὶ πάλιν ὀλίγον καθεύδω, καὶ ὅταν γένη ται ἑσπέρα, μεταλαμβάνω\". λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος \"Τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστιν νηστεία· ἐὰν γὰρ νηστεύσῃς ἀπὸ βρωμάτων καί τινα κακαλογήσῃς, ἢ λυπήσῃς, ἢ διαβάλῃς, ἢ μνησικακήσῃς ἀπὸ προτέρας μά χης, ἢ ἑσπέρας ποιήσῃς πολύτιμον δεῖπνον, καὶ ἄρξῃ μεθύσκεσθαι ἢ αἰσχρὰ ἐργάζεσθαι, ἢ κατ' ἔννοιαν ἐπιθυμεῖν τι τοιοῦτον, πολὺ συμφέρει σοι πέμπτον τῆς ἡμέρας ἐσθίειν καὶ τούτων φείσασθαι ἢ μὴ γευσάμενον ἐκείνοις συμφύρεσθαι. τίς γὰρ ὠφέλεια βρωμάτων ἀπέχεσθαι, πάσης δὲ ἄλλης ἐπιθυμίας ἐμφορεῖσθαι; ἢ οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι πᾶς ὁ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτοῦ πληρῶν κατ' ἔννοιαν καὶ ἐκτὸς τῶν ἔξωθεν βρωμάτων ἤδη κε κόρεσται καὶ μεθύει; ἀλλ' εἰ θέλεις ἐγκρατεύσασθαι καὶ νηστεῦσαι, ἵνα ἡ νηστεία σου δεκτὴ ᾖ τῷ θεῷ, πρῶτον πάντων φύλαξαι νηστεύειν ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥήματος πονηροῦ καὶ ἀκοῆς πονηρᾶς, καὶ καθάρισόν σου τὴν καρδίαν ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ καὶ μνησικακίας καὶ αἰσχροκερδίας, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ νηστεύεις ἀρκέσθητι ἄρτῳ καὶ λαχάνοις καὶ ὕδατι, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ θεῷ. συμψηφίσας δὲ τὴν ποσότητα τῆς δαπάνης τοῦ ἀρίστου οὗ ἔμελλες ἐσθίειν κατ' ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν, δὸς χήρᾳ ἢ ὀρφανῷ ἢ ὑστερουμένῳ, πρὸς ὃν δὴ σαφῶς ἐμπλήσας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν εὔξεται ὑπὲρ σοῦ πρὸς κύριον. ἐὰν οὖν τελέσῃς τὴν νηστείαν ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι, ἔσται ἡ θυσία σου δεκτὴ ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ἐγγεγραμμένη ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀνταποδόσεως τῶν ἡτοιμασμένων ἀγαθῶν τοῖς δικαίοις\".","english":"But he said, \"I look after my friends and my affairs, and again I sleep a little, and when evening comes, I take my meal.\" The servant of God Antiochus says to him, \"This is not fasting. For if you fast from foods but speak evil of someone, or grieve someone, or slander, or bear a grudge from a former quarrel, or make an expensive dinner in the evening and begin to get drunk or to do shameful things, or in your mind to desire some such thing, it is far better for you to eat at the fifth hour of the day and refrain from these things than, having tasted nothing, to be mixed up in them. For what profit is there in abstaining from foods while filling oneself with every other desire? Or do you not know that everyone who fulfills his desire in his mind, even apart from external foods, is already satiated and drunk? But if you wish to practice self-control and to fast, so that your fasting may be acceptable to God, first of all guard yourself to fast from every evil word and evil hearing, and cleanse your heart from every defilement and grudge and shameful greed, and on the day on which you fast be content with bread and vegetables and water, giving thanks to God. And having reckoned up the amount of the expense of the breakfast you were going to eat on that day, give it to a widow or an orphan or one who is in need, to whomever you clearly fill your own soul, and he will pray for you to the Lord. If then you complete the fast as I have commanded you, your sacrifice will be acceptable before the Lord and inscribed in the heavens on the day of recompense of the good things prepared for the righteous.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":35,"ref":"p35","source":"Ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ νεώτερος καὶ καταλείψας πάντα ἐβιάσατο τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν μονήν. καὶ ἀκολουθήσας αὐτῷ, πάντα ὅσα ἐδιδάχθη παρ' αὐτοῦ φυλάξας, ἐν πολλῇ ἐγκρατείᾳ καὶ δάκρυσι καὶ στεναγμοῖς πληρώσας ἐνιαύσιον χρόνον ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐκοιμήθη, παραδοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα τῷ κυρίῳ.\n\nΚαὶ μετὰ τρία ἔτη, μέλλοντος τοῦ ἡγουμένου τῆς μονῆς τελευτᾶν, ἦλθον εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν αὐτοῦ τινὲς ἅγιοι ἐπίσκοποι, καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτοὺς ὁ ἡγούμενος ὅπως ἀντ' αὐτοῦ τὸν φιλάδελφον καὶ ἀμνησίκακον καὶ ταπεινόφρονα Ἀντίοχον καταστήσωσι, καὶ πᾶσα δὲ ἡ ἀδελφότης συμπαρεκάλει. τοῦ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντος καὶ ὀδυρομένου, μετὰ πολλῆς βίας καὶ ἀνάγκης χειροτονήσαντες τοῦτον οἱ ἐπίσκοποι πρεσβύτερον κατέστησαν καὶ ἡγούμενον. καὶ παραθέμενος αὐτῷ ὁ ἡγούμενος πᾶσαν τὴν ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφότητα ἐκοιμήθη ἐν εἰρήνῃ. λαβὼν οὖν τὴν φροντίδα ὁ\n\nἈντίοχος ἐν πολλῇ σπουδῇ καὶ ἐγκρατείᾳ καὶ ἀγρυπνίᾳ καὶ εὐχαῖς διετέλει, πολλά τε ἔνδοξα καὶ κατορθώματα διεπετέλει ὁ Χριστός. Καὶ μετὰ δύο ἔτη τοῦ ἡγήσασθαι αὐτὸν τῆς μονῆς δύο ἀδελφοὶ ὀλιγόψυχοι κοινῇ γνώμῃ ἐξῆλθον τοῦ μοναστηρίου καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν ὡς κύων ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον ἔμετον, σπαταλῶντες καὶ ἐντρυφῶντες ἐπὶ ταῖς βιωτικαῖς ἀσελγείαις. καὶ ταῦτα μαθὼν ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀντίοχος πάνυ ἔθλιψεν ἑαυτὸν, θρηνῶν τοὺς δύο ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ ἐδέετο περὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ κυρίου. ψαλλόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν ἐνάτην, ὡς ἔκλινε τὰ γόνατα σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, γέγονεν ἐν ἐκστάσει, καὶ παραλαμβάνε ται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου.","english":"When the younger man heard this, he left everything and pressed the servant of God to take him into the monastery. And having followed him and kept all that he was taught by him, having fulfilled a year in great continence and tears and groans, he fell asleep in peace, delivering his spirit to the Lord.\n\nAnd after three years, when the abbot of the monastery was about to die, certain holy bishops came to visit him, and the abbot entreated them that in his place they should appoint Antiochus, the lover of brothers, the forgetter of wrongs, and the humble-minded, and all the brotherhood joined in entreating. But as he objected and lamented, the bishops, with much force and compulsion, ordained him and appointed him presbyter and abbot. And the abbot, having committed to him all the brotherhood in Christ, fell asleep in peace. Taking up the care, therefore, Antiochus\n\ncontinued in great zeal and continence and vigil and prayers, and Christ accomplished through him many glorious and successful deeds. And after he had led the monastery for two years, two faint-hearted brothers by common counsel went out of the monastery and returned like a dog to its own vomit, living wantonly and luxuriously in worldly debaucheries. And when the servant of God Antiochus learned these things, he afflicted himself greatly, lamenting the two brothers, and he besought the Lord concerning them. And while they were singing the ninth hour, as he bent his knees with the brothers, he fell into a trance, and his soul was received by an angel.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":36,"ref":"p36","source":"καὶ πολλῆς ὥρας παρελθούσης καὶ μὴ ἐγειρομένου αὐτοῦ ἐγείρεται ὁ δευτεράριος αὐτοῦ καὶ μετ' ἐπιεικείας παρεκάλει ἀνα στῆναι καὶ τελέσαι τὴν λειτουργίαν τῆς εὐχῆς. ὡς δὲ εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ἦν φωνὴ καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀκρόασις, ἐγνώρισαν ὀπτασίαν αὐτὸν βλέπειν, καὶ ὑπεχώρησαν ἀπ' αὐ τοῦ πληρώσαντες τὸν κανόνα. μέλλοντος δὲ δύνειν τοῦ ἡλίου κράξας εἶπεν \"Δόξα σοι ὁ θεὸς, δόξα σοι\". τότε προσῆλθον αὐτῷ πᾶσα ἡ συνοδία ἱκετεύουσα μηδὲν ἀπ' αὐτῶν κρύψαι ὧν ὁ θεὸς αὐτῷ ἀπεκάλυψεν. καὶ μὴ δυνηθεὶς κρύψαι διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ὄχλησιν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ποιήσας εὐχὴν ἤρξατο λέγειν \"Παραληφθεὶς χάριτι Χριστοῦ ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου ἦλθον εἰς πεδίον, καὶ δείκνυσί μοι ποιμένα νεανίσκον ἐνδεδυμένον σύνθεσιν ἱματίων κροκαίων, βόσκοντα πρόβατα πολλὰ λίαν, καὶ τὰ πρό βατα ταῦτα ἦν ὡσεὶ τρυφῶντα καὶ λίαν σπαταλῶντα καὶ ἱλαρὰ, σκιρτῶντα ὧδε κἀκεῖ· καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ ποιμὴν πάνυ ἱλαρὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ αὐτῷ ἦν, καὶ περιέτρεχε τὰ πρόβατα. καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα εἶδον σπαταλῶντα καὶ τρυφῶντα ἐν τόπῳ ἑνὶ, οὐ μέντοι σκιρτῶντα· καὶ λέγει μοι \"Βλέπεις τὸν ποιμένα τοῦτον\"; \"Βλέπω\" φημὶ \"κύριε\". \"Οὗτος\" φησὶν \"ἄγγελος τρυφῆς καὶ ἀπάτης ἐστίν· οὗτος ἐκτρίβει τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ καταστρέφει ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀπατῶν αὐτὰς ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις ταῖς πονηραῖς, ἐν αἷς ἀπόλλυνται ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος, καὶ πο ρευόμενοι ταῖς ματαίαις τρυφαῖς καὶ ἀπάταις τοῦ βίου τούτου. διὸ καὶ ἀπόλλυνται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τούτου εἰς θάνατον καὶ καταφθοράν\". λέγω αὐτῷ \"Οὐ γι νώσκω, κύριε, τί ἐστιν εἰς θάνατον καὶ καταφθοράν\". καὶ λέγει μοι \"Ἄκουε\"·","english":"And when much time had passed and he was not rising, his second in rank rose and with gentleness urged him to arise and complete the liturgy of prayer. But when they saw that there was no voice and no hearing, they recognized that he was seeing a vision, and they withdrew from him, having completed the rule. And when the sun was about to set, he cried out and said, \"Glory to you, O God, glory to you.\" Then all the company approached him, entreating him to hide nothing from them of what God had revealed to him. And being unable to hide it because of the great importunity of the brethren, having made a prayer, he began to say, \"Carried off by the grace of Christ by an angel, I came to a plain, and he shows me a shepherd, a young man clothed in a garment of saffron-colored cloth, pasturing very many sheep, and these sheep were as if luxuriating and greatly reveling and cheerful, leaping here and there; and the shepherd himself was very cheerful over his flock, and was running about among the sheep. And I saw other sheep reveling and luxuriating in one place, yet not leaping; and he says to me, 'Do you see this shepherd?' 'I see him,' I say, 'lord.' 'This one,' he says, 'is an angel of luxury and deceit; this one wears away the souls of the servants of God and turns them away from the truth, deceiving them with evil desires, in which they perish, forgetting the commandments of the living God, and going after the vain luxuries and deceits of this life. Therefore they are also destroyed by this angel unto death and corruption.' I say to him, 'I do not know, lord, what is unto death and corruption.' And he says to me, 'Listen':","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":37,"ref":"p37","source":"φησὶν \"ἃ εἶδες πρόβατα ἱλαρὰ καὶ σκιρτῶντα, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀπεσπασμένοι ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τέλος καὶ παραδεδωκότες ἑαυτοὺς ταῖς ἐπι θυμίαις τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου. ἐν τούτοις οὖν μετάνοια ζωῆς οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅτι καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι' αὐτοὺς βλασφημεῖται. τῶν τοιούτων ἡ ζωὴ θάνατός ἐστιν. ἃ δὲ εἶδες μὴ σκιρτῶντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τόπῳ βοσκόμενα, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ παραδεδωκότες μὲν τῇ τρυφῇ καὶ ἀπάτῃ ἑαυτοὺς, εἰς δὲ τὸν κύριον μὴ βλασφημήσαντες. οὗτοι οὖν κατεφθαρμένοι εἰσὶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας· ἐν τούτοις ἐλπίς ἐστιν μετανοίας, ἐν ᾗ δύνανται ζῆσαι. ἡ καταφθορὰ οὖν ἐλπίδα ἔχει ἀναστάσεως ἕως τινὸς, ὁ δὲ θάνατος ἀπώλειαν ἔχει αἰώνιον. Πάλιν προέβημεν μικρὸν, καὶ δείκνυσί μοι ἕτερον ποιμένα μέγαν, ὡς ἄγριον τῇ ἰδέᾳ, περικείμενον δέρμα αἴγειον λευκὸν, καὶ πήραν τινὰ εἶχεν ἐπὶ τὸν ὦμον, καὶ ῥάβδον σκληρὰν λίαν καὶ ὄζους ἔχουσαν, καὶ τὸ βλέμμα εἶχεν πικρὸν, ὥστε φοβηθῆναί με αὐτόν. οὗτος οὖν ὁ ποιμὴν παρελάμβανε τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιμένος τοῦ πρώτου τοῦ νεανίσκου, ἐκεῖνα τὰ σπαταλῶντα καὶ τρυφῶντα, μὴ σκιρτῶντα δὲ, καὶ ἔβαλλεν αὐτὰ εἴς τινα τόπον κρημνώδη καὶ ἀκανθώδη καὶ τριβολώδη, ὥστε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκανθῶν καὶ τριβόλων μὴ δύνασθαι ἐκπλέξαι τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ' ἐμπλέκεσθαι ταῖς ἀκάνθαις καὶ τριβόλοις, καὶ λίαν ἐταλαιπώρουν δαιρόμενα ὑπ' αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὧδε κἀκεῖ περιήλαυνεν αὐτὰ, καὶ ὅλως ἀνάπαυσιν αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐδίδου, οὐδὲ ἵσταντο. Βλέπων οὖν αὐτὰ ἐγὼ οὕτως μαστιζόμενα καὶ ταλαιπωροῦντα ἐλυπούμην ἐπ' αὐτοῖς, ὅτι οὕτως ἐβασανίζοντο καὶ ἀνοχὴν ὅλως οὐκ εἶχον.","english":"He says, \"The sheep you saw cheerful and skipping—these are those who have been torn away from God completely and have given themselves over to the desires of this age. In these, then, there is no repentance unto life, because on their account the name of God is also blasphemed. The life of such people is death. But those you saw not skipping, but grazing in a place—these are those who have indeed given themselves over to luxury and deceit, but have not blasphemed against the Lord. These, then, have been corrupted away from the truth; in them there is hope of repentance, in which they can live. Corruption, then, has hope of resurrection to some extent, but death has eternal destruction. Again we went forward a little, and he shows me another great shepherd, savage in appearance, wrapped in a white goatskin, and he had a certain wallet on his shoulder, and a rod very hard and having shoots, and his look was bitter, so that I was afraid of him. This shepherd, then, took over the sheep from the first shepherd, the young man—those fattening and luxuriating ones, but not skipping—and he cast them into a certain place steep and thorny and full of thistles, so that from the thorns and thistles the sheep could not disentangle themselves, but were entangled in the thorns and thistles, and they were greatly distressed, being beaten by him; and here and there he drove them around, and altogether gave them no rest, nor did they stand still. Seeing them, then, thus being scourged and distressed, I was grieved for them, because they were thus tormented and had no relief at all.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":38,"ref":"p38","source":"καὶ λέγω τῷ ἀγ γέλῳ τῷ μετ' ἐμοῦ λαλοῦντι \"Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ ἄσπλαγχνος\n\nκαὶ πικρός\"; καὶ λέγει μοι \"Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς τιμωρίας· ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν δικαίων ἐστὶ, τεταγμένος δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς τιμωρίας. παραλαμβάνει οὖν τοὺς ἀποπλανηθέντας ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πορευθέντας ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ τιμωρεῖται αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἄξιοί εἰσι, δειναῖς καὶ ποικίλαις τιμωρίαις\". λέγω αὐτῷ \"Ἤθελον γνῶναι, κύριε, τὰς ποικίλας ταύτας τιμωρίας, ποταπαί εἰσιν\". \"Ἄκουε\" φησίν· \"αἱ ποκίλαι τιμωρίαι καὶ βάσανοι βιωτικαί εἰσι βάσανοι· ἐπὰν γὰρ ἀποστῶσιν τοῦ θεοῦ, νομίζοντες ἐν ἀναπαύσει εἶναι καὶ πλούτῳ, τότε τιμωροῦνται οἱ μὲν ζημιούμενοι, οἱ δὲ ὑστερούμενοι, οἱ δὲ ἀσθενείαις ποικίλαις περιπίπτοντες, ἄλλοι ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις, ἕτεροι ὑβριζόμενοι ὑπὸ ἐλαττόνων, καὶ ἑτέραις ποκίλαις πράξεσι. πολλοὶ γὰρ ἀκαταστατοῦντες ἐν ταῖς βουλαῖς αὐτῶν ἐπι βάλλονται εἰς πολλὰ πράγματα, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ὅλως ὑποβαίνει, καὶ δυσχεραίνουσιν, καὶ οὐ γινώσκουσιν ὅτι διὰ τὰ πονηρὰ ἃ ἔπραξαν οὐκ εὐοδοῦνται, καὶ λοιπὸν αἰτιῶν ται τὸν κύριον, καὶ οὐκ ἀνέχονται τὰς λοιπὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν ἐπιστρέψαντες δουλεῦσαι τῷ θεῷ ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδία. ἂν δὲ μετανοήσωσι καὶ ἀνανήψωσι, τότε συνιοῦσιν ὅτι διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν τὰ πονηρὰ οὐκ εὐωδοῦν το, καὶ οὕτως δοξάζουσι τὸν κύριον ὅτι δίκαιος κρι τής ἐστι καὶ δικαίως ἔπαθον καὶ ἐπαιδεύθησαν κατὰ τὰς πράξεις αὐτῶν. ἄκουε οὖν ἀμφοτέρων τὴν δύνα μιν, τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ τῆς βασάνου. τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ τῆς ἀπάτης ὁ χρόνος ὥρα ἐστὶ μία, τῆς δὲ βασάνου ὧραι τριάκοντα, ἡμερῶν δύναμιν ἔχουσαι.","english":"And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, \"Lord, who is this shepherd, so merciless and harsh?\" And he said to me, \"This is the angel of punishment; he is one of the righteous angels, appointed over punishment. He therefore takes those who have wandered away from God and gone after their own desires, and punishes them as they deserve, with terrible and varied punishments.\" I said to him, \"Lord, I wish to know what these varied punishments are like.\" He says, \"Listen: the varied punishments and torments are the torments of this life. For when they have departed from God, thinking themselves to be at rest and in wealth, then they are punished—some by losses, some by deprivations, some falling into various illnesses, others into disorders, others being insulted by their inferiors, and by other varied circumstances. For many, being unsettled in their counsels, throw themselves into many affairs, and nothing at all prospers for them, and they are vexed, and they do not know that because of the evil things they have done they do not prosper, and thereafter they blame the Lord, and they do not endure to spend the rest of their days turning back to serve God with a pure heart. But if they repent and come to their senses, then they understand that because of their evil works they did not prosper, and so they glorify the Lord, that he is a righteous judge and that they suffered justly and were chastened according to their deeds. Hear, then, the meaning of both—of luxury and of torment. Of luxury and deception the time is one hour, but of torment thirty hours, having the force of days.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":39,"ref":"p39","source":"ἐὰν οὖν μίαν ἡμέραν τις τρυφήσῃ καὶ ἀπατηθῇ, μίαν δὲ ἡμέραν βασανισθῇ, ἐνιαυτοῦ ὁλοκλήρου ἰσχὺν ἔχει ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη τῆς βασάνου. ὅσας οὖν ἡμέρας τρυφήσῃ τις, τοσούτους ἐνιαυτοὺς βασανισθήσεται. βλέπεις οὖν ὅτι τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ ἀπάτης ὁ χρόνος οὐδέν ἐστιν, τῆς δὲ τιμωρίας καὶ βασάνου πολύς. ὁ τρυφῶν καὶ ἀπατώ μενος καὶ πράσσων ἃ βούλεται πολλὴν ἀφροσύνην ἐνδέδυται· ἀντὶ γὰρ τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ ἀπάτης ἑκάστης ἡμέρας ἀποτίσει βάσανον μεγάλην, ἐνιαυτὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ\". καὶ λέγω τῷ ἀγγέλῳ \"Ποῖαι τρυφαί εἰσι βλαβεραί\"; λέγει μοι \"Πᾶσα πρᾶξις σαρκικὴ τρυφή ἐστιν, ἐὰν ἡδέως ποιῇ αὐτήν. ὁ γὰρ ὀξύχολος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ πάθει τὸ ἱκανὸν ποιῶν τρυφᾷ, ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ μοιχὸς καὶ ὁ μέθυσος καὶ ὁ κατάλαλος καὶ ὁ ψεύστης καὶ ὁ πλεονέκτης καὶ ὁ ἀποστερητὴς, καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα· τρυφῶσι γὰρ ἐν τῇ αὐ τῶν πράξει. αὗται δὲ αἱ πράξεις βλαβεραί εἰσι τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ τρυφαὶ σώζουσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους· πολλοὶ γὰρ ἀγαθὰ ἐργαζόμενοι τρυφῶσιν. αὕτη οὖν ἡ τρυφὴ τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ περιποιεῖται ζωὴν, αἱ δὲ προειρημέναι τρυφαὶ βάσανον\". ταῦτά μοι φανερώσας ὁ ἄγγελος ἀπέστρεψέ με εἰς τὸν τόπον μου. δοξάσωμεν οὖν, ἀδελφοὶ, τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν, πῶς μακρόθυμος καὶ εὔσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῇ τοσαύτῃ κακίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγον χρόνον οἱ δύο ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ἐξελθόντες τοῦ μοναστηρίου ἐνέπεσαν εἰς πειρασμὸν καὶ θλίψεις. τῷ γὰρ ἑνὶ ἕλκος ἀνεφάνη εἰς τὴν πλευ ρὰν καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς νοσοκομεῖον εἰς δύο μῆνας τρίτον ἐχειρουργήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰατροῦ καὶ οὐδὲ οὕτως ἐθεραπεύθη.","english":"If, then, someone lives in luxury and is deceived for one day, and is tormented for one day, that day of torment has the strength of a whole year. For as many days as someone lives in luxury, so many years will he be tormented. You see, then, that the time of luxury and deception is nothing, but that of punishment and torment is long. The one who lives in luxury and is deceived and does whatever he wishes has clothed himself in great folly; for in place of luxury and deception, for each day he will pay back great torment, a year for a day. And I said to the angel, \"What luxuries are harmful?\" He says to me, \"Every fleshly deed is luxury, if one does it pleasurably. For the irascible man, when he satisfies his own passion, lives in luxury; likewise the adulterer and the drunkard and the slanderer and the liar and the covetous man and the defrauder, and all such things; for they live in luxury in their deed. But these deeds are harmful to the servants of God. There are also luxuries that save men; for many, doing good things, live in luxury. This luxury, then, procures life for the servants of God, but the aforementioned luxuries procure torment.\" Having made these things clear to me, the angel turned me back to my place. Let us glorify, then, brothers, the love of God for mankind, how long-suffering and compassionate he is toward such great wickedness of men. To him be the glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. And after a short time, the two brothers who had gone out of the monastery fell into temptation and afflictions. For on one of them a sore appeared on his side, and entering a hospital, for two months he was operated on a third time by the physician, and not even so was he healed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":40,"ref":"p40","source":"τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ ἐμπεσόντι μετὰ τῶν στασιαστῶν συνέβη νώτῳ καὶ κοιλίᾳ μαστιγωθέντι σιδηροδέσμιον ἐμβληθῆναι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ καὶ ἐν σκότει διάγειν ἐπὶ πολλὰς ἡμέρας. ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ἡ εὐχὴ τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς Ἀντιόχου ἐδυσώπει τὸν ἐλεήμονα θεὸν, μεθ' ἡμέρας ἔδωκεν ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ ἐξεβλήθη ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖνος ἀπελθὼν ἐν τῷ νοσοκομείῳ ἔτι ἐν τῇ ἀλγηδόνι ὄντα τὸν ἀδελφὸν διαβαστάζων ὀλίγον, τῇ χειρὶ ἀναπαυόμενον ἤγαγεν εἰς τὸ μοναστήριον, καὶ ὡς ἐσήμανεν ὁ θυρωρὸς, εὗρεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς πρὸ τοῦ πυλεῶνος, καὶ εὐχαριστήσας τῷ φιλανθρώπῳ θεῷ ἐδέξατο αὐτούς. καὶ εὐχὴν ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ποιήσας παρα χρῆμα ὑγιεῖς τῷ σώματι ἀπεκατέστησε. καὶ λοιπὸν μετανοοῦντες ἐφ' οἷς ἔπραξαν ἐν πολλῇ ἀσκήσει δα κρύοντές τε καὶ ἀγρυπνοῦντες διετέλουν ἐν πολλῇ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ. καὶ\n\nοὕτως μετὰ τρεῖς ἐνιαυτοὺς μετ' εἰρήνης καὶ ἀγαθῆς ἐξομολογήσεως ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν. Ἄλλοτε καθημένου καὶ ἀναγινώσκοντος αὐτοῦ τὴν βίβλον τῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς καὶ ἐπισκό που Ἀθανασίου μετὰ φωνῆς καὶ ἡδονῆς πολλῆς εἷς τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἀκροασάμενος ἀκριβῶς ὅλας λέγει αὐτῷ \"Κύριε, αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὗται μεγάλαι καὶ καλαὶ καὶ δυνα ταί εἰσι, δυνάμεναι εὐφρᾶναι τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ δυναμένου τηρῆσαι αὐτάς. οὐκ οἶδα, κύριε, εἰ δύνανται αἱ ἐντο λαὶ αὗται ὑπὸ πολλῶν φυλαχθῆναι, διότι σκληραί εἰ σιν\". ἐμβλέψας δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ πολλῆς αὐστηρίας εἶπεν \"Ἄνανδρε, ἀκηδιαστὰ, ῥάθυμε καὶ ὀλιγόψυχε, οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι, ἐὰν σὺ ἑαυτῷ προθῇ ὅτι δύνανται φυλαχθῆναι, εὐκόλως αὐτὰς φυλάξεις, καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται σκληραί;","english":"But it happened to the other, who had fallen in with the rebels, that after being scourged on his back and belly he was cast bound in iron into prison and spent many days in darkness. But since the prayer of the holy father Antiochus importuned the merciful God, after some days Christ granted it, and he was brought out of the prison; and again that man, going to the infirmary, supported the brother, who was still in pain, a little, and brought him resting on his hand to the monastery; and when the doorkeeper gave the signal, he found the brothers before the gate, and giving thanks to the man-loving God he received them. And having made a prayer over them, he restored them forthwith to bodily health. And for the rest, repenting of what they had done, they continued in great asceticism, weeping and keeping vigil, in great humility. And\n\nthus after three years, in peace and good confession, they fell asleep in Christ Jesus, to whom be the glory unto the ages. Amen. At another time, when he was sitting and reading with a loud voice and much delight the book of the commandments of the holy father and bishop Athanasius, one of the brothers, having listened closely to them all, says to him: \"Lord, these commandments are great and good and powerful, able to gladden the heart of the one who is able to keep them. I do not know, lord, whether these commandments can be kept by many, for they are hard.\" But the servant of God, looking at him with great severity, said: \"O cowardly man, careless, slack, and fainthearted, do you not know that if you set before yourself that they can be kept, you will keep them easily, and they will not be hard?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":41,"ref":"p41","source":"εἰ δὲ ἀναβῇ ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτὰς ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπου φυλαχθῆναι, οὐ φυλάξεις αὐτάς. οὐ νοεῖς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ πῶς μεγάλη ἐστὶ καὶ ἰσχυρὰ καὶ θαυμαστὴ, ὅτι ἔκτισεν τὸν κόσμον διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἅπασαν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κυριεύειν πάντων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. εἰ οὖν πάν των τούτων ὁ ἄνθρωπος κύριός ἐστιν καὶ πάντων δύναται κατακυριεῦσαι, πῶς οὐ δυνήσεται καὶ τούτων τῶν ἐντολῶν κατακυριεῦσαι; πῶς Δαυὶδ ἐτροπώσατο τὸν ἀλλόφυλον γίγαντα καὶ πολεμιστὴν ἄνθρωπον πάντο θεν καθωπλισμένον; οὐχὶ μόνον τῇ προαιρέσει καὶ τῇ ἀπὸ καρδίας πίστει; ἐκεῖνος μόνον ταῦτα προσήνεγκε τῷ θεῷ, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἰδὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν προθυμίαν καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ καρδίας πίστιν καὶ ἐλπίδα λοιπὸν αὐτὸς εἰργάσατο τὴν νίκην καὶ δι' ἑνὸς κατέβαλεν τὸν ὑπεναντίον. καὶ μάθῃς ὅτι οὐχὶ Δαυὶδ, ἀλλ' ὁ θεὸς τὸ ἔργον εἰργάσατο. κατανόησον Στέφανον τὸν πρωτομάρτυρα πόσους λίθους ὑπὸ τοσούτων ἀνθρώπων ἐδέξατο, καὶ εἰ μὴ αὐτὸς παρεκάλεσε τὸν δεσπότην Χριστὸν, οὐκ ἂν παρέδωκε τὸ πνεῦμα. τί δὲ λέγωμεν περὶ ἀνδρῶν; κατανόει μοι τὴν Ἰουδὶθ πρὸς τὸν Ὁλοφέρνην πορευομένην καὶ μὴ κατανοήσασαν τὴν ἑαυτῆς ἀσθένειαν, τὸ εὐπρεπὲς, τὸ εὐάλωτον, πῶς οὐκ εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῇ \"Τοσοῦτοι ἄνθρωποι ἐν τῇ πόλει ἰσχυροὶ καὶ δυνατοὶ καὶ φρόνιμοι καὶ εὐμήχανοι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπιχειρεῖ τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, κἀγὼ τὸ ἀσθενέστερον μέρος τοῦτο ποιῆσαι τολμήσω\"; οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐλογίσατο, ἀλλὰ πάσῃ προθυμίᾳ καὶ πίστει προσῆλθεν τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ θαρροῦσα, καὶ ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοδύναμος, δεξάμενος παρ' αὐτῆς ταύτην τὴν πεποίθησιν, τὸ πᾶν λοιπὸν αὐτὸς ἐπετέλεσεν.","english":"But if it comes into your heart that they cannot be guarded by a man, you will not guard them. Do you not perceive how great and mighty and wonderful is the glory of God, that he created the world for man and gave him all authority to rule over all things on the earth? If then man is lord of all these things and can have dominion over all of them, how will he not also be able to have dominion over these commandments? How did David rout the foreign giant, a warrior man armed on every side? Was it not only by his purpose and faith from the heart? He brought only these things to God, and God, seeing his eagerness and his faith and hope from the heart, himself thereafter wrought the victory and through one man cast down the adversary. And you shall learn that it was not David, but God, who wrought the work. Consider Stephen the protomartyr, how many stones he received from so many men, and if he himself had not called upon the master Christ, he would not have given up his spirit. But why do we speak of men? Consider for me Judith going to Holofernes and not considering her own weakness, her comeliness, her vulnerability—how she did not say within herself, \"So many men in the city are strong and mighty and prudent and resourceful, and no one attempts to do this, and shall I, the weaker part, dare to do it?\" She reasoned nothing of the sort, but with all eagerness and faith she came trusting in the almighty God, and God the all-powerful, having received from her this confidence, himself thereafter accomplished the whole.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":42,"ref":"p42","source":"ὁ γὰρ ἐλεήμων θεὸς οὐ ζητεῖ σώματος δύναμιν, ἀλλὰ προαίρεσιν καὶ σπουδὴν καὶ ὑπομονήν. πᾶσα οὖν ἀφορμὴ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ ποδῶν γε νέσθω. οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν λέγειν θεῷ \"Ἐγὼ ἀσθενής εἰμι\". ὁ θεὸς γὰρ ἀπὸ σοῦ ἰσχὺν οὐ ζητεῖ, ἀλλὰ προαίρεσιν ἀπὸ καρδίας. εἰπέ μοι, ποίαν δύναμιν εἶχεν ὁ λῃ στὴς ἐμπαγεὶς ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ ιων; οὐχὶ ὅλος ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἦν π χεν ἡ ἀλείψασα τὸν κύριον μύρῳ τοὺς πόδας, οὐχὶ τῇ προαιρέσει καὶ τῇ πίστει μόνον ἐσώθη; οὐ θέλω λέ γειν τὰ περὶ Θέκλης καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γυναῖκας, αἵτινες ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι μετὰ δόξης στεφανοφοροῦσαι παρασταθήσονται τῷ Χριστῷ. οἱ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχοι καὶ ῥάθυμοι κατῃσχυμμένοι πορεύσονται εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον κόλασιν. δύναται πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων κατακυριεῦσαι ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἔχων τὸν κύριον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ χείλη ἔχοντες τὸν κύριον, τὴν δὲ καρδίαν πεπωρωμένην, καὶ μακρὰν ὄν τες ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου διὰ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ῥαθυμίαν, ἐκεί νοις αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὗται σκληραί εἰσιν καὶ δυσκατόρθωτοι. θέσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς οἱ ὀλιγόψυχοι καὶ ἐλαφροὶ τῇ πίστει τὸν κύριον ἀδιαλείπτως εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, καὶ γνώ σεσθε ὅτι οὐδέν ἐστιν εὐκολώτερον τῶν ἐντολῶν τού των, οὔτε γλυκύτερον, οὔτε ἡμερώτερον. βιαστῶν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ· τῷ γὰρ αἰτοῦντι δίδοται, καὶ ὁ ἐμπόνως ζητῶν εὑρήσει, καὶ τῷ ἀπὸ καρδίας καὶ ὑπομονῆς κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται, καὶ πλείονα χαρίζεται ὧν αἰτοῦμεν· μάταιος γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅστις καὶ ὧδε θέλει ἀπολαῦσαι καὶ ἀναπαύεσθαι κἀκεῖ σὺν Χριστῷ σι σαι οὖν","english":"For the merciful God does not seek bodily strength, but purpose and zeal and endurance. Let every excuse of man, then, be put away. For it is not possible to say to God, \"I am weak.\" For God does not seek strength from you, but purpose from the heart. Tell me, what strength did the robber have who was impaled on the wood? Was he not wholly in Hades? Did not she who anointed the Lord's feet with myrrh—was she not saved by her purpose and faith alone? I do not wish to speak of the things concerning Thecla and the other women, who in the age to come will stand before Christ crowned with glory. But the fainthearted and the slothful will go in shame to eternal punishment. The man who has the Lord in his heart is able to master all these commandments. But those who have the Lord on their lips while their heart is hardened, and who are far from the Lord because of their own slothfulness—for them these commandments are hard and difficult to accomplish. Therefore, you who are fainthearted and light in faith, set the Lord continually in your hearts, and you will know that nothing is easier than these commandments, nor sweeter, nor gentler. For the kingdom of God is for the violent; for to the one who asks it is given, and the one who seeks earnestly will find, and to the one who knocks from the heart and with endurance it will be opened, and he grants more than we ask. For vain is the man who wishes both to enjoy and rest here and there to be with Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":43,"ref":"p43","source":"σεαυτὸν τὸν παντοκράτορα θεὸν, ὅτι παρ' αὐτῷ ἡ ῥίζα τῆς ἀγαθότητος καὶ ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἐλέους καὶ τὸ πέλαγος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν. αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν\".","english":"yourself to the almighty God, for with him is the root of goodness and the fountain of mercy and the sea of compassion. To him be the glory and the majesty unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]}]}