Evagrius Ponticus - Writings

Writings

The following are Evagrian works which are most certainly authentic (Bamberger 1972:lix-lxvii).

  • The Praktikos
  • The Gnostikos
  • Kephalaia Gnostica (Problemata Gnostica)
  • Chapters on Prayer (consists of a prologue and 153 chapters)
  • The Antirrhetikos
  • Sentences for Monks
  • Exhortation to a Virgin
  • Hypotyposis
  • To Eulogius (Treatise to the Monk Eulogius)
  • Treatise on Various Evil Thoughts (Capita Cognoscitiva)
  • Protrepticus
  • Paraeneticus
  • 62 letters
  • 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 (Bamberger 1972:lxvi-lxvii).

  • De Malignis Cogitationibus
  • Collections of Sentences

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