Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 AD)

read by Patricia McGinn

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WORKS:

• Epistula fidei. This was probably written around 379 in Constantinople and is possibly Evagrius’ earliest published work.^{[11][4]: 22 [full citation needed]}
• Rerum monachialum rationes is also an early work, though from the time Evagrius was in Egypt.
• Tractatus ad Eulogium^[12] (= Treatise to the Monk Eulogius / To Eulogius) is also an early work.
• The Praktikos^[13]
• The Gnostikos^[9][14]
• Kephalaia Gnostica^[15] (Problemata Gnostica)
• De oratione (De oratione caputula = Chapters on Prayer) This consists of a prologue and 153 chapters.
• Antirrhetikos
• Institutio ad monachos (Exhortations to Monks)
• Sentences for Monks
• Ad virginem (Exhortation to a Virgin)
• Hypotyposis
• De diversis malignis cogitationibus
• De magistris et disciplulis
• Treatise on Various Evil Thoughts (Capita Cognoscitiva)
• Protrepticus
• Paraeneticus
• The Chapters of the Disciples of Evagrius
• 62 letters
• Various scholia also remain, including
  • Scholia on the Psalms
  • Scholia on Proverbs
  • Scholia on Ecclesiastes
  • Scholia on Job
• Scriptural commentaries
  • Commentary on the Psalms
  • De Seraphim (deals with the vision of Isaiah)
  • De Cherubim (deals with the vision of Ezekiel)
  • Commentary on the Pater Noster
  • Various ascetic treatises: De Justis et Perfectis

Although ascribed to Evagrius, these two works are considered to be of doubtful authenticity.^{[10]: xvi–lxvii [full citation needed][better source needed]}

• De Malignis Cogitationibus
• Collections of Sentences