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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI
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401 Chapter XXVII. What the two Abbots Pæsius and John said of the fruits of their zeal. 402 Chapter XXVIII. The lesson and example which Abbot John when dying left to his disciples. 403 Chapter XXIX. Of Abbot Machetes, who never slept during the spiritual conferences, but always went to sleep during earthly tales. 404 Chapter XXX. A saying of the same old man about not judging any one. 405 Chapter XXXI. The same old man's rebuke when he saw how the brethren went to sleep during the spiritual conferences, and woke up when some idle story was told. 406 Chapter XXXII. Of the letters which were burnt without being read. 407 Chapter XXXIII. Of the solution of a question which Abbot Theodore obtained by prayer. 408 Chapter XXXIV. Of the saying of the same old man, through which he taught by what efforts a monk can acquire a knowledge of the Scriptures. 409 Chapter XXXV. A rebuke of the same old man, when he had come to my cell in the middle of the night. 410 Chapter XXXVI. A description of the desert in Diolcos, where the anchorites live. 411 Chapter XXXVII. Of the cells which Abbot Archebius gave up to us with their furniture. 412 Chapter XXXVIII. The same Archebius paid a debt of his mother's by the labour of his own hands. 413 Chapter XXXIX. Of the device of a certain old man by which some work was found for Abbot Simeon when he had nothing to do. 414 Chapter XL. Of the boys who when bringing to a sick man some figs, died in the desert from hunger, without having tasted them. 415 Chapter XLI. The saying of Abbot Macarius of the behaviour of a monk as one who was to live for a long while, and as one who was daily at the point of death. 416 Book VI. On the Spirit of Fornication. 417 Book VII. Of the Spirit of Covetousness. 418 Chapter I. How our warfare with covetousness is a foreign one, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the other faults are. 419 Chapter II. How dangerous is the disease of covetousness. 420 Chapter III. What is the usefulness of those vices which are natural to us. 421 Chapter IV. That we can say that there exist in us some natural faults, without wronging the Creator. 422 Chapter V. Of the faults which are contracted through our own fault, without natural impulses. 423 Chapter VI. How difficult the evil of covetousness is to drive away when once it has been admitted. 424 Chapter VII. Of the source from which covetousness springs, and of the evils of which it is itself the mother. 425 Chapter VIII. How covetousness is a hindrance to all virtues.
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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
401 Chapter XXVII. What the two Abbots Pæsius and John said of the fruits of their zeal. 402 Chapter XXVIII. The lesson and example which Abbot John when dying left to his disciples. 403 Chapter XXIX. Of Abbot Machetes, who never slept during the spiritual conferences, but always went to sleep during earthly tales. 404 Chapter XXX. A saying of the same old man about not judging any one. 405 Chapter XXXI. The same old man's rebuke when he saw how the brethren went to sleep during the spiritual conferences, and woke up when some idle story was told. 406 Chapter XXXII. Of the letters which were burnt without being read. 407 Chapter XXXIII. Of the solution of a question which Abbot Theodore obtained by prayer. 408 Chapter XXXIV. Of the saying of the same old man, through which he taught by what efforts a monk can acquire a knowledge of the Scriptures. 409 Chapter XXXV. A rebuke of the same old man, when he had come to my cell in the middle of the night. 410 Chapter XXXVI. A description of the desert in Diolcos, where the anchorites live. 411 Chapter XXXVII. Of the cells which Abbot Archebius gave up to us with their furniture. 412 Chapter XXXVIII. The same Archebius paid a debt of his mother's by the labour of his own hands. 413 Chapter XXXIX. Of the device of a certain old man by which some work was found for Abbot Simeon when he had nothing to do. 414 Chapter XL. Of the boys who when bringing to a sick man some figs, died in the desert from hunger, without having tasted them. 415 Chapter XLI. The saying of Abbot Macarius of the behaviour of a monk as one who was to live for a long while, and as one who was daily at the point of death. 416 Book VI. On the Spirit of Fornication. 417 Book VII. Of the Spirit of Covetousness. 418 Chapter I. How our warfare with covetousness is a foreign one, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the other faults are. 419 Chapter II. How dangerous is the disease of covetousness. 420 Chapter III. What is the usefulness of those vices which are natural to us. 421 Chapter IV. That we can say that there exist in us some natural faults, without wronging the Creator. 422 Chapter V. Of the faults which are contracted through our own fault, without natural impulses. 423 Chapter VI. How difficult the evil of covetousness is to drive away when once it has been admitted. 424 Chapter VII. Of the source from which covetousness springs, and of the evils of which it is itself the mother. 425 Chapter VIII. How covetousness is a hindrance to all virtues.
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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
401 Chapter XXVII. What the two Abbots Pæsius and John said of the fruits of their zeal. 402 Chapter XXVIII. The lesson and example which Abbot John when dying left to his disciples. 403 Chapter XXIX. Of Abbot Machetes, who never slept during the spiritual conferences, but always went to sleep during earthly tales. 404 Chapter XXX. A saying of the same old man about not judging any one. 405 Chapter XXXI. The same old man's rebuke when he saw how the brethren went to sleep during the spiritual conferences, and woke up when some idle story was told. 406 Chapter XXXII. Of the letters which were burnt without being read. 407 Chapter XXXIII. Of the solution of a question which Abbot Theodore obtained by prayer. 408 Chapter XXXIV. Of the saying of the same old man, through which he taught by what efforts a monk can acquire a knowledge of the Scriptures. 409 Chapter XXXV. A rebuke of the same old man, when he had come to my cell in the middle of the night. 410 Chapter XXXVI. A description of the desert in Diolcos, where the anchorites live. 411 Chapter XXXVII. Of the cells which Abbot Archebius gave up to us with their furniture. 412 Chapter XXXVIII. The same Archebius paid a debt of his mother's by the labour of his own hands. 413 Chapter XXXIX. Of the device of a certain old man by which some work was found for Abbot Simeon when he had nothing to do. 414 Chapter XL. Of the boys who when bringing to a sick man some figs, died in the desert from hunger, without having tasted them. 415 Chapter XLI. The saying of Abbot Macarius of the behaviour of a monk as one who was to live for a long while, and as one who was daily at the point of death. 416 Book VI. On the Spirit of Fornication. 417 Book VII. Of the Spirit of Covetousness. 418 Chapter I. How our warfare with covetousness is a foreign one, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the other faults are. 419 Chapter II. How dangerous is the disease of covetousness. 420 Chapter III. What is the usefulness of those vices which are natural to us. 421 Chapter IV. That we can say that there exist in us some natural faults, without wronging the Creator. 422 Chapter V. Of the faults which are contracted through our own fault, without natural impulses. 423 Chapter VI. How difficult the evil of covetousness is to drive away when once it has been admitted. 424 Chapter VII. Of the source from which covetousness springs, and of the evils of which it is itself the mother. 425 Chapter VIII. How covetousness is a hindrance to all virtues.
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