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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI
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376 Chapter II. How the occasions of these faults, being found in everybody, are ignored by everybody; and how we need the Lord's help to make them plain. 377 Chapter III. How our first struggle must be against the spirit of gluttony, i.e. the pleasures of the palate. 378 Chapter IV. The testimony of Abbot Antony in which he teaches that each virtue ought to be sought for from him who professes it in a special degree. 379 Chapter V. That one and the same rule of fasting cannot be observed by everybody. 380 Chapter VI. That the mind is not intoxicated by wine alone. 381 Chapter VII. How bodily weakness need not interfere with purity of heart. 382 Chapter VIII. How food should be taken with regard to the aim at perfect continence. 383 Chapter IX. Of the measure of the chastisement to be undertaken, and the remedy of fasting. 384 Chapter X. That abstinence from food is not of itself sufficient for preservation of bodily and mental purity. 385 Chapter XI. That bodily lusts are not extinguished except by the entire rooting out of vice. 386 Chapter XII. That in our spiritual contest we ought to draw an example from the carnal contests. 387 Chapter XIII. That we cannot enter the battle of the inner man unless we have been set free from the vice of gluttony. 388 Chapter XIV. How gluttonous desires can be overcome. 389 Chapter XV. How a monk must always be eager to preserve his purity of heart. 390 Chapter XVI. How, after the fashion of the Olympic games, a monk should not attempt spiritual conflicts unless he has won battles over the flesh. 391 Chapter XVII. That the foundation and basis of the spiritual combat must be laid in the struggle against gluttony. 392 Chapter XVIII. Of the number of different conflicts and victories through which the blessed Apostle ascended to the crown of the highest combat. 393 Chapter XIX. That the athlete of Christ, so long as he is in the body, is never without a battle. 394 Chapter XX. How a monk should not overstep the proper hours for taking food, if he wants to proceed to the struggle of interior conflicts. 395 Chapter XXI. Of the inward peace of a monk, and of spiritual abstinence. 396 Chapter XXII. That we should for this reason practise bodily abstinence that we may by it attain to a spiritual fast. 397 Chapter XXIII. What should be the character of the monk's food. 398 Chapter XXIV. How in Egypt we saw that the daily fast was broken without scruple on our arrival. 399 Chapter XXV. Of the abstinence of one old man who took food six times so sparingly that he was still hungry. 400 Chapter XXVI. Of another old man, who never partook of food alone in his cell.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI
1,213 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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1,213 chapters
376 Chapter II. How the occasions of these faults, being found in everybody, are ignored by everybody; and how we need the Lord's help to make them plain. 377 Chapter III. How our first struggle must be against the spirit of gluttony, i.e. the pleasures of the palate. 378 Chapter IV. The testimony of Abbot Antony in which he teaches that each virtue ought to be sought for from him who professes it in a special degree. 379 Chapter V. That one and the same rule of fasting cannot be observed by everybody. 380 Chapter VI. That the mind is not intoxicated by wine alone. 381 Chapter VII. How bodily weakness need not interfere with purity of heart. 382 Chapter VIII. How food should be taken with regard to the aim at perfect continence. 383 Chapter IX. Of the measure of the chastisement to be undertaken, and the remedy of fasting. 384 Chapter X. That abstinence from food is not of itself sufficient for preservation of bodily and mental purity. 385 Chapter XI. That bodily lusts are not extinguished except by the entire rooting out of vice. 386 Chapter XII. That in our spiritual contest we ought to draw an example from the carnal contests. 387 Chapter XIII. That we cannot enter the battle of the inner man unless we have been set free from the vice of gluttony. 388 Chapter XIV. How gluttonous desires can be overcome. 389 Chapter XV. How a monk must always be eager to preserve his purity of heart. 390 Chapter XVI. How, after the fashion of the Olympic games, a monk should not attempt spiritual conflicts unless he has won battles over the flesh. 391 Chapter XVII. That the foundation and basis of the spiritual combat must be laid in the struggle against gluttony. 392 Chapter XVIII. Of the number of different conflicts and victories through which the blessed Apostle ascended to the crown of the highest combat. 393 Chapter XIX. That the athlete of Christ, so long as he is in the body, is never without a battle. 394 Chapter XX. How a monk should not overstep the proper hours for taking food, if he wants to proceed to the struggle of interior conflicts. 395 Chapter XXI. Of the inward peace of a monk, and of spiritual abstinence. 396 Chapter XXII. That we should for this reason practise bodily abstinence that we may by it attain to a spiritual fast. 397 Chapter XXIII. What should be the character of the monk's food. 398 Chapter XXIV. How in Egypt we saw that the daily fast was broken without scruple on our arrival. 399 Chapter XXV. Of the abstinence of one old man who took food six times so sparingly that he was still hungry. 400 Chapter XXVI. Of another old man, who never partook of food alone in his cell.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI
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1,213 chapters
376 Chapter II. How the occasions of these faults, being found in everybody, are ignored by everybody; and how we need the Lord's help to make them plain. 377 Chapter III. How our first struggle must be against the spirit of gluttony, i.e. the pleasures of the palate. 378 Chapter IV. The testimony of Abbot Antony in which he teaches that each virtue ought to be sought for from him who professes it in a special degree. 379 Chapter V. That one and the same rule of fasting cannot be observed by everybody. 380 Chapter VI. That the mind is not intoxicated by wine alone. 381 Chapter VII. How bodily weakness need not interfere with purity of heart. 382 Chapter VIII. How food should be taken with regard to the aim at perfect continence. 383 Chapter IX. Of the measure of the chastisement to be undertaken, and the remedy of fasting. 384 Chapter X. That abstinence from food is not of itself sufficient for preservation of bodily and mental purity. 385 Chapter XI. That bodily lusts are not extinguished except by the entire rooting out of vice. 386 Chapter XII. That in our spiritual contest we ought to draw an example from the carnal contests. 387 Chapter XIII. That we cannot enter the battle of the inner man unless we have been set free from the vice of gluttony. 388 Chapter XIV. How gluttonous desires can be overcome. 389 Chapter XV. How a monk must always be eager to preserve his purity of heart. 390 Chapter XVI. How, after the fashion of the Olympic games, a monk should not attempt spiritual conflicts unless he has won battles over the flesh. 391 Chapter XVII. That the foundation and basis of the spiritual combat must be laid in the struggle against gluttony. 392 Chapter XVIII. Of the number of different conflicts and victories through which the blessed Apostle ascended to the crown of the highest combat. 393 Chapter XIX. That the athlete of Christ, so long as he is in the body, is never without a battle. 394 Chapter XX. How a monk should not overstep the proper hours for taking food, if he wants to proceed to the struggle of interior conflicts. 395 Chapter XXI. Of the inward peace of a monk, and of spiritual abstinence. 396 Chapter XXII. That we should for this reason practise bodily abstinence that we may by it attain to a spiritual fast. 397 Chapter XXIII. What should be the character of the monk's food. 398 Chapter XXIV. How in Egypt we saw that the daily fast was broken without scruple on our arrival. 399 Chapter XXV. Of the abstinence of one old man who took food six times so sparingly that he was still hungry. 400 Chapter XXVI. Of another old man, who never partook of food alone in his cell.
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