Opuscula 2.176–2.211
Greek text: PG 65 (Greek text: Migne, Patrologia Graeca vol. 65 (1864), OCR of the Bavarian State Library copy).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 2
2.176PG 65:957
Ασφάλισαι λόγον ἀπὸ καυχήσεως, καὶ λογισμὸν ἀπὸ οἰήσεως, ἵνα μὴ παραχωρηθεὶς πράξῃς τὰ ἐναντία. Οὐ γὰρ ἐξ ἀνθρώπου μόνον τελεσιουργεῖται τὸ ἀγαθὸν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ παντεπόπτου Θεοῦ,
Asphalisai logon apo kauchēseōs, kai logismon apo oiēseōs, hina mē parachōrētheis praxę̄s ta enantia. Ou gar ex anthrōpou monon telesiourgeitai to agathon, alla tou pantepoptou Theou,
Guard your speech from boasting and your thought from conceit, lest you be abandoned and do the opposite. For the good is accomplished not by a human being alone, but by God who sees all.
Notes and citation
Summary: Avoid boasting, since good is done by God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by the OCR): λο γισμὸν → λογισμὸν; τελεσιουργεί ται → τελεσιουργεῖται.
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2.177PG 65:957
Ὁ παντεπόπτης Θεὸς, ὥσπερ τοῖς ἔργοις ἡμῶν ἀξίας ἐπιφορὰς ἀπένειμεν, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς λογισμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἑκουσίοις νοήμασιν.
Ho pantepoptēs Theos, hōsper tois ergois hēmōn axias epiphoras apeneimen, houtō kai tois logismois kai tois hekousiois noēmasin.
God who sees all, as he has assigned worthy consequences to our works, so also to our thoughts and voluntary intentions.
Notes and citation
Summary: God repays thoughts as well as deeds.
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2.178PG 65:957
Οἱ ἀκούσιοι λογισμοὶ ἐκ προλαβούσης ἁμαρτίας ἀναφύονται· οἱ δὲ ἑκούσιοι ἐκ τοῦ αὐτεξουσίου θελήματος· ὅθεν αἴτιοι εὑρίσκονται τῶν προτέρων οἱ δεύτεροι.
Hoi akousioi logismoi ek prolabousēs hamartias anaphyontai; hoi de hekousioi ek tou autexousiou thelēmatos; hothen aitioi heuriskontai tōn proterōn hoi deuteroi.
Involuntary thoughts spring up from sin committed before; voluntary ones from free will. Hence the second are found to be causes of the first.
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Summary: Voluntary thoughts cause involuntary ones.
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2.179PG 65:957
Ταῖς μὲν παρὰ πρόθεσιν κακαῖς ἐννοίαις λύπη παρέπεται· διὸ καὶ συντόμως ἐξαφανίζονται· ταῖς δὲ κατὰ πρόθεσιν, χαρά· ὅθεν καὶ δυσαπάλλακτοι γίνονται.
Tais men para prothesin kakais ennoiais lypē parepetai; dio kai syntomōs exaphanizontai; tais de kata prothesin, chara; hothen kai dysapallaktoi ginontai.
Grief accompanies evil thoughts that are against our purpose, which is why they quickly vanish; but joy accompanies those according to our purpose, which is why they are hard to get rid of.
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Summary: Unwanted thoughts bring grief and pass; welcomed ones bring joy and stay.
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2.180PG 65:957
Ὁ φιλήδονος λυπεῖται ἐν ψόγοις καὶ κακοπαθείαις· ὁ δὲ φιλόθεος, ἐν ἐπαίνοις καὶ πλεονεξίαις.
Ho philēdonos lypeitai en psogois kai kakopatheiais; ho de philotheos, en epainois kai pleonexiais.
The lover of pleasure is grieved by blame and hardship; but the lover of God, by praise and gain.
Notes and citation
Summary: Lovers of pleasure and of God grieve at opposite things.
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2.181PG 65:957
Ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὰ κρίματα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀμφίκρημνον ὁδὸν κατὰ νοῦν διαβαίνει, καὶ ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνέμου ῥᾳδίως ἀνατρέπεται· ἐπαινούμενος γαυριᾷ, καὶ ψεγόμενος ἐρεθίζεται, εὐωχούμενος ἀσελγαίνει, καὶ κακοπαθῶν ἀποδύρεται, συνιὼν φανητιᾷ, καὶ μὴ νοῶν σχηματίζεται, πλουτῶν ἀλαζονεύεται, καὶ πτωχεύων ὑποκρίνεται, κορεσθεὶς θρασύνεται, καὶ νηστεύων κενοδοξεῖ, τοῖς ἐλέγχουσι φιλονεικεῖ, καὶ τοῖς συγγνώμην αὐτῷ ἀπονέμουσιν ὡς ἀνοήτοις ἐφυβρίζει. Ἐὰν μήτε οὖν κατὰ χάριν Χριστοῦ γνῶσιν ἀληθείας καὶ φόβον Θεοῦ αἰτήσηται, οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῶν παθῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τῶν συμβάσεων δεινῶς τραυματίζεται. Ὅταν λῦσαι θέλῃς πρᾶγμα συμπεπλεγμένον, ζήτει περὶ αὐτοῦ, τί τῷ Θεῷ ἀρέσκει, καὶ εὐρήσεις τὴν λύσιν αὐτοῦ ἐπωφελῆ.
Ho mē ginōskōn ta krimata tou Theou amphikrēmnon hodon kata noun diabainei, kai hypo pantos anemou rhądiōs anatrepetai; epainoumenos gaurią, kai psegomenos erethizetai, euōchoumenos aselgainei, kai kakopathōn apodyretai, syniōn phanētią, kai mē noōn schēmatizetai, ploutōn alazoneuetai, kai ptōcheuōn hypokrinetai, korestheis thrasynetai, kai nēsteuōn kenodoxei, tois elenchousi philoneikei, kai tois syngnōmēn autǭ aponemousin hōs anoētois ephybrizei. Ean mēte oun kata charin Christou gnōsin alētheias kai phobon Theou aitēsētai, ou monon ek tōn pathōn, alla kai ek tōn symbaseōn deinōs traumatizetai. Hotan lysai thelę̄s pragma sympeplegmenon, zētei peri autou, ti tǭ Theǭ areskei, kai eurēseis tēn lysin autou epōphelē.
Whoever does not know the judgments of God walks in mind along a road with cliffs on both sides, and is easily overturned by every wind: praised, he is elated; blamed, he is provoked; feasting, he is licentious; suffering, he laments; understanding, he shows off; not understanding, he pretends; rich, he boasts; poor, he plays the hypocrite; full, he grows bold; fasting, he is vainglorious; he quarrels with those who rebuke him, and insults as fools those who forgive him. If then he does not ask, by the grace of Christ, for knowledge of the truth and the fear of God, he is grievously wounded not only by the passions but also by what happens to him. [182] When you wish to untangle a complicated matter, seek what pleases God about it, and you will find its solution beneficial.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignorance of God's judgments makes one unstable in every circumstance.
- Chapter 182 is printed inside this section with its numeral and is marked [182]; the staged section 2.182 is therefore probably Migne's chapter 183.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (margin letter, chapter numeral, and stray quotation mark removed): Α ΡΠΒ΄. "Ὅταν → Ὅταν.
Topics: Fasting
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2.182PG 65:959
Ἐν οἷς ἂν πράγμασιν εὐδοκῇ ὁ Θεὸς, ἐν τούτοις καὶ πᾶσα κτίσις ὑπηρετεῖ· ἐν οἷς δὲ ἂν αὐτὸς ἀποστρέφηται, ὁμοίως καὶ ἡ κτίσις ἀντιτάσσεται.
En hois an pragmasin eudokę̄ ho Theos, en toutois kai pasa ktisis hypēretei; en hois de an autos apostrephētai, homoiōs kai hē ktisis antitassetai.
In whatever matters God is well pleased, all creation also serves; and in whatever he turns away from, creation likewise resists.
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Summary: Creation serves what God approves and resists what he rejects.
- Probably Migne's chapter 183 (see 2.181).
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2.184PG 65:959
Ὁ ἀντιτασσόμενος ταῖς σκυθρωπαῖς ἐπιφοραῖς, οὐκ οἶδεν, ἀντιμάχεται τῇ κελεύσει τοῦ Θεοῦ· ὁ δὲ καταδεχόμενος αὐτὰς μετὰ γνώσεως ἀληθοῦς, οὗτος κατὰ τὴν Γραφὴν ὑπομένει τὸν Κύριον.
Ho antitassomenos tais skythrōpais epiphorais, ouk oiden, antimachetai tę̄ keleusei tou Theou; ho de katadechomenos autas meta gnōseōs alēthous, houtos kata tēn Graphēn hypomenei ton Kyrion.
Whoever resists gloomy afflictions fights, without knowing it, against God's command; but whoever accepts them with true knowledge waits for the Lord, according to Scripture.
Ps 27:14 (26:14 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Accepting afflictions is waiting on the Lord.
- Ps 27:14 (LXX 26:14).
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2.185PG 65:959
Πειρασμοῦ ἐπελθόντος, μὴ ζήτει διὰ τί, ἢ διὰ τίνος ἐλήλυθεν, ἀλλ᾿ ὅπως ἂν αὐτὸν εὐχαρίστως καὶ ἀμνησικάκως ὑπομείνῃς.
Peirasmou epelthontos, mē zētei dia ti, ē dia tinos elēlythen, all᾿ hopōs an auton eucharistōs kai amnēsikakōs hypomeinę̄s.
When temptation comes, do not ask why or through whom it has come, but how you may endure it with thanksgiving and without resentment.
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Summary: In temptation ask only how to endure it thankfully.
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2.186PG 65:959
Αλλότριον κακὸν οὐ προστίθησιν ἁμαρτίαν, ἐὰν μὴ ἡμεῖς αὐτὸ κακαῖς παραδεξώμεθα ἐννοίαις.
Allotrion kakon ou prostithēsin hamartian, ean mē hēmeis auto kakais paradexōmetha ennoiais.
Another's evil does not add sin to us, unless we receive it with evil thoughts.
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Summary: Others' evil harms us only if we welcome it in thought.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by the OCR): ἁμαρ τίαν → ἁμαρτίαν.
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2.187PG 65:959
Εἰ οὐκ ἔστι ῥᾳδίως εὑρεῖν τὸν ἐκτὸς πειρασμοῦ εὐαρεστήσαντα, εὐχαριστεῖν δεῖ τῷ Θεῷ ἐπὶ πάσῃ συμβάσει.
Ei ouk esti rhądiōs heurein ton ektos peirasmou euarestēsanta, eucharistein dei tǭ Theǭ epi pasę̄ symbasei.
If it is not easy to find anyone who has pleased God without temptation, we must give thanks to God for every occurrence.
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Summary: Since all who please God are tested, thank him for everything.
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2.188PG 65:959
Εἰ μὴ νυκτερινῆς ἄγρας ἀπέτυχεν ὁ Πέτρος, οὐκ ἂν τῆς ἡμερινῆς ἐπέτυχε· καὶ εἰ μὴ αἰσθητῶς ἐτυφλοῦτο ὁ Παῦλος, οὐκ ἂν πνευματικῶς ἀνέβλεψε καὶ εἰ μὴ ὡς βλάσφημος ἐσυκοφαντεῖτο ὁ Στέφανος, οὐκ ἂν, τῶν οὐρανῶν αὐτῷ ἀνεῳχθέντων, τὸν Κύριον ἐθεάσατο.
Ei mē nykterinēs agras apetychen ho Petros, ouk an tēs hēmerinēs epetyche; kai ei mē aisthētōs etyphlouto ho Paulos, ouk an pneumatikōs aneblepse kai ei mē hōs blasphēmos esykophanteito ho Stephanos, ouk an, tōn ouranōn autǭ aneǭchthentōn, ton Kyrion etheasato.
If Peter had not failed in the night's fishing, he would not have succeeded in the day's; if Paul had not been blinded bodily, he would not have received spiritual sight; and if Stephen had not been falsely accused as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the Lord when the heavens were opened to him.
Luke 5:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 9:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 7:56 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Failure and suffering preceded the blessings of Peter, Paul, and Stephen.
- Luke 5:5–6; Acts 9:8–18; Acts 6:11; 7:56.
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2.189PG 65:959
Ὥσπερ ἡ κατὰ Θεὸν ἐργασία ἀρετὴ λέγεται, οὕτως ἡ παρὰ προσδοκίαν θλίψις πειρασμὸς λέγεται. Ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ ἐπείραζε, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον ἔθλιβεν, οὐχ ἵνα μάθῃ ὁποῖός ἐστιν (ᾔδει γὰρ αὐτὸν ὁ εἰδὼς τὰ πάντα, πρὶν γενέσθαι αὐτὸν), ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως ἀφορμὰς αὐτῷ παράσχῃ τῆς τελείας πίστεως. Πᾶσα θλίψις ἐλέγχει τὴν ῥοπὴν τοῦ θελήματος, εἴτε εἰς δεξιὰ ῥέπει, εἴτε εἰς ἀριστερά. Διὰ τοῦτο ἡ συμβατικὴ θλίψις πειρασμὸς ὀνομάζεται, τῷ μετόχῳ πεῖραν τῶν κεκρυμμένων θελημάτων παρέχουσα. Φόβος Θεοῦ ἀναγκάζει ἡμᾶς πολεμεῖν τῇ κακίᾳ· ἡμῶν δὲ πολεμούντων, ὁ Κύριος ἀναιρεῖ αὐτήν.
Hōsper hē kata Theon ergasia aretē legetai, houtōs hē para prosdokian thlipsis peirasmos legetai. Ho Theos ton ᾿Abraam epeiraze, tout᾽ esti pros to sympheron ethliben, ouch hina mathę̄ hopoios estin (ę̄dei gar auton ho eidōs ta panta, prin genesthai auton), all᾽ hopōs aphormas autǭ paraschę̄ tēs teleias pisteōs. Pasa thlipsis elenchei tēn rhopēn tou thelēmatos, eite eis dexia rhepei, eite eis aristera. Dia touto hē symbatikē thlipsis peirasmos onomazetai, tǭ metochǭ peiran tōn kekrymmenōn thelēmatōn parechousa. Phobos Theou anankazei hēmas polemein tę̄ kakią; hēmōn de polemountōn, ho Kyrios anairei autēn.
Just as work done for God's sake is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called temptation. [190] God tempted Abraham, that is, afflicted him for his good, not to learn what kind of man he was (for he who knows all things before they come to be knew him), but to give him occasions for perfect faith. [191] Every affliction exposes the inclination of the will, whether it leans to the right or to the left. That is why the affliction that befalls us is called a temptation, since it gives the one who undergoes it a trial of his hidden wishes. [192] The fear of God compels us to fight against evil; and as we fight, the Lord destroys it.
Gen 22:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Temptation is unexpected affliction that tests the will, as with Abraham.
- Chapters 190–192 are printed inside this section with garbled numerals and are marked [190]–[192]; the staged sections 2.190–2.192 are therefore probably Migne's chapters 193, 197, and 198. Gen 22:1; “who knows all things before they come to be”: Sus 42.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; garbled chapter numeral removed; word split by the OCR; word split by the OCR and garbled chapter numeral removed): λέγε ται → λέγεται; λέν γεται, Ρι΄. → λέγεται.; ὁποῖες → ὁποῖός; PLA΄. → ; θελή ματος → θελήματος; ΡηΒ΄. → .
Extrabiblical texts: Sus 42 (Susanna [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)
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2.190PG 65:959
Σοφία ἐστὶν οὐ μόνον τὸ διὰ φυσικῆς ἀκολουθίας εἰδέναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπομένειν ὡς ἰδίαν τὴν τῶν ἀδικούντων τιμωρίαν. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ τῇ προτέρᾳ ἐναπομείναντες πρὸς ὑπερηφανίαν ἀνεπήρθησαν· οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν δευτέραν φθάσαντες ταπεινοφροσύνην ἐκτήσαντο. Εἰ βούλει μὴ ἐνεργεῖσθαι ὑπὸ πονηρῶν λογισμῶν, ἐξουδένωσιν ψυχῆς καὶ θλίψιν σαρκὸς ὑποδέχου, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ μερικῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, καὶ καιρῷ, καὶ πράγματι. Ὁ τοῖς θλιβεροῖς ἑκουσίως ἐμπαιδευόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσίων λογισμῶν οὐ κατέχεται · ὁ δὲ τὰ πρῶτα μὴ καταδεχόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν δευτέρων καὶ μὴ βουλόμενος αἰχμαλωτίζεται. Ὅταν άδικουμένου σου σκληρυνθῇ τὰ σπλάγχνα καὶ ἡ καρδία, μὴ λυποῦ, ὅτι οἰκονομικῶς ἐκινήθη τὸ προκείμενον· ἀλλὰ χαίρων ἀνάτρεπε τοὺς ἐπανακύπτοντας λογισμούς· εἰδὼς ὅτι τούτων ἐκ προσβολῆς ἀναιρουμένων, κἀκεῖνα μετὰ τὴν κίνησιν ἀναιρεῖσθαι πέφυκε. Τῶν δὲ λογισμῶν ἐνδελεχούντων, κἀκεῖνα προσθήκην λαμβάνειν εἴωθεν.
Sophia estin ou monon to dia physikēs akolouthias eidenai tēn alētheian, alla kai to hypomenein hōs idian tēn tōn adikountōn timōrian. Hoi men gar tę̄ proterą enapomeinantes pros hyperēphanian anepērthēsan; hoi de epi tēn deuteran phthasantes tapeinophrosynēn ektēsanto. Ei boulei mē energeisthai hypo ponērōn logismōn, exoudenōsin psychēs kai thlipsin sarkos hypodechou, kai touto ou merikōs, all᾽ en panti topǭ, kai kairǭ, kai pragmati. Ho tois thliberois hekousiōs empaideuomenos hypo tōn akousiōn logismōn ou katechetai ; ho de ta prōta mē katadechomenos hypo tōn deuterōn kai mē boulomenos aichmalōtizetai. Hotan adikoumenou sou sklērynthę̄ ta splanchna kai hē kardia, mē lypou, hoti oikonomikōs ekinēthē to prokeimenon; alla chairōn anatrepe tous epanakyptontas logismous; eidōs hoti toutōn ek prosbolēs anairoumenōn, kakeina meta tēn kinēsin anaireisthai pephyke. Tōn de logismōn endelechountōn, kakeina prosthēkēn lambanein eiōthen.
Wisdom is not only knowing the truth through the natural sequence of things, but also enduring as one's own the punishment inflicted by those who do wrong. Those who stopped at the first were lifted up to pride; those who reached the second acquired humility. [194] If you wish not to be worked upon by evil thoughts, accept humiliation of soul and affliction of flesh, and that not partially but in every place, time, and matter. [195] Whoever is trained voluntarily by painful things is not held by involuntary thoughts; but whoever does not accept the first is taken captive by the second even against his will. [196] When, as you are wronged, your inward parts and heart are hardened, do not grieve that what lay within has been stirred by providence; but rejoicing, overturn the thoughts that raise their heads, knowing that when they are destroyed at the provocation, those inner things too naturally die away after the stirring; but if the thoughts persist, the inner things usually increase.
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom bears wrongs humbly; voluntary hardship frees from evil thoughts.
- Probably Migne's chapter 193, with chapters 194–196 inside it (garbled numerals), marked [194]–[196].
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled chapter numeral removed; word split by the OCR): ἀκο λουθίας → ἀκολουθίας; ΡηΔ΄. → ; ΡηΕ΄. → ; Ρης΄. → .
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2.191PG 65:961
Ἐκτὸς συντριμμοῦ καρδίας ἀδύνατον καθόλου ἀπαλλαγῆναι κακίας. Συντρίβει δὲ καρδίαν ἡ τριμερὴς ἐγκράτεια, ὕπνου λέγω, καὶ τροφῆς, καὶ σωματικῆς ἀνέσεως. Ἡ δὲ περὶ τούτων περισσεία ἡδυπάθειαν ἐντίθησιν· ἡδυπάθεια δὲ τοὺς πονηροὺς λογισμοὺς παραδέχεται. Αντίκειται δὲ καὶ τῇ προσευχῇ, καὶ τῇ προσηκούσῃ διακονίᾳ.
Ektos syntrimmou kardias adynaton katholou apallagēnai kakias. Syntribei de kardian hē trimerēs enkrateia, hypnou legō, kai trophēs, kai sōmatikēs aneseōs. Hē de peri toutōn perisseia hēdypatheian entithēsin; hēdypatheia de tous ponērous logismous paradechetai. Antikeitai de kai tę̄ proseuchę̄, kai tę̄ prosēkousę̄ diakonią.
Without breaking of the heart it is wholly impossible to be freed from evil. The heart is broken by threefold self-control: of sleep, I mean, of food, and of bodily ease. Excess in these produces self-indulgence, and self-indulgence welcomes evil thoughts. It also opposes prayer and fitting service.
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Summary: Self-control in sleep, food, and comfort breaks the heart and frees from evil.
- Probably Migne's chapter 197.
Topics: Fasting
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2.192PG 65:961
Κελεύειν ἀδελφοῖς λαχών, φύλαττε τὴν τάξιν σου, καὶ μὴ διὰ τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας παρασιωπήσῃς τὰ δέοντα. Ἐν οἷς μὲν γὰρ ὑπακούσουσι, μισθὸν ἕξεις ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐκείνων ἀρετῆς· ἐν οἷς δὲ παρακούσουσι, πάντως ἀφήσεις αὐτοῖς, καὶ λήψῃ τὰ ἴσα παρὰ τοῦ εἰρηκότος· ᾿Αφίετε, καὶ ἀφεθήσεται ὑμῖν. Πανηγύρει ἔοικε πᾶσα σύμβασις. Ὁ εἰδὼς πραγματεύεσθαι κερδαίνει πολλά· ὁ δὲ μὴ εἰδὼς ζημίας ὑποφέρει.
Keleuein adelphois lachōn, phylatte tēn taxin sou, kai mē dia tous antilegontas parasiōpēsę̄s ta deonta. En hois men gar hypakousousi, misthon hexeis hyper tēs ekeinōn aretēs; en hois de parakousousi, pantōs aphēseis autois, kai lēpsę̄ ta isa para tou eirēkotos; ᾿Aphiete, kai aphethēsetai hymin. Panēgyrei eoike pasa symbasis. Ho eidōs pragmateuesthai kerdainei polla; ho de mē eidōs zēmias hypopherei.
If it is your lot to command brothers, keep your rank, and do not keep silent about what is needed because of those who contradict. In what they obey, you will have a reward for their virtue; in what they disobey, you will forgive them entirely, and receive the like from him who said, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” [199] Every occurrence is like a fair: whoever knows how to trade gains much, but whoever does not suffers losses.
Luke 6:37 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A superior must speak and forgive; every event is a market for gain or loss.
- Probably Migne's chapter 198, with chapter 199 inside it, marked [199]. Luke 6:37.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled chapter numeral removed): ΡιΘ'. → .
Topics: Church office
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2.200PG 65:961
Τὸν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς λόγου μὴ ὑπακούοντα μὴ βιάζου μετὰ φιλονεικίας, ἀλλὰ τὸ κέρδος ὁ ἀπέβαλεν ἐκεῖνος, σὺ περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ. Πλεῖον γὰρ τῆς ἐκείνου διορθώσεως ὠφελήσει ἡ σὴ ἀνεξικακία.
Ton apo henos logou mē hypakouonta mē biazou meta philoneikias, alla to kerdos ho apebalen ekeinos, sy peripoiēsai seautǭ. Pleion gar tēs ekeinou diorthōseōs ōphelēsei hē sē anexikakia.
Do not press with contention one who does not obey at a single word, but secure for yourself the gain he has thrown away. For your forbearance will benefit you more than his correction.
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Summary: Gain patience instead of forcing the disobedient.
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2.201PG 65:961
Ὅταν ἡ τοῦ ἑνὸς βλάβη εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς διατρέχῃ, τότε οὐ δεῖ μακροθυμεῖν, οὔτε ζητεῖν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ συμφέρον, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν, ἵνα σωθώμεν. Διότι τῆς μονομεροῦς ἀρετῆς ἡ πολυμερής ὠφελιμωτέρα τυγχάνει.
Hotan hē tou henos blabē eis tous pollous diatrechę̄, tote ou dei makrothymein, oute zētein to heautou sympheron, alla to tōn pollōn, hina sōthōmen. Dioti tēs monomerous aretēs hē polymerēs ōphelimōtera tynchanei.
When the harm done by one spreads to many, then one must not be patient or seek one's own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved. For a virtue that benefits many is more useful than one that benefits only one.
1 Cor 10:33 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: When one harms many, act for the many's sake.
- Compare 1 Cor 10:33.
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2.202PG 65:961
Ἐάν τις πέσῃ εἰς οἱανδήποτε ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ μὴ λυπηθῇ κατὰ ἀναλογίαν τοῦ σφάλματος, εὐχερῶς τῷ αὐτῷ περιπεσεῖται δικτύῳ.
Ean tis pesę̄ eis hoiandēpote hamartian, kai mē lypēthę̄ kata analogian tou sphalmatos, eucherōs tǭ autǭ peripeseitai diktyǭ.
If anyone falls into any sin whatever and is not grieved in proportion to the fault, he will easily fall into the same net.
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Summary: Without fitting grief, one repeats the sin.
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2.203PG 65:961
Ὥσπερ λέαινα δαμάλει φιλικῶς οὐ προσίεται, οὕτως ἀναισχυντία τὴν κατὰ Θεὸν λύπην εὐμενῶς οὐ παραδέχεται.
Hōsper leaina damalei philikōs ou prosietai, houtōs anaischyntia tēn kata Theon lypēn eumenōs ou paradechetai.
As a lioness does not approach a heifer in friendship, so shamelessness does not kindly accept godly grief.
2 Cor 7:10 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Shamelessness rejects godly grief.
- Godly grief: 2 Cor 7:10.
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2.204PG 65:961
Ὥσπερ λύκῳ πρόβατον οὐ συνέρχεται εἰς τεκνογονίαν, οὕτως οὔτε κόρῳ πόνος καρδιακὸς εἰς κύησιν ἀρετῶν.
Hōsper lykǭ probaton ou synerchetai eis teknogonian, houtōs oute korǭ ponos kardiakos eis kyēsin aretōn.
As a sheep does not mate with a wolf to bear young, so neither does pain of heart unite with satiety to conceive virtues.
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Summary: Satiety and heartfelt toil cannot produce virtue together.
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2.205PG 65:961
Οὐδεὶς δύναται πόνον καὶ λύπην κατὰ Θεὸν ἔχειν, ἐὰν μὴ πρότερον καὶ τούτων τὰς αἰτίας ἀγαπήσῃ. Φόβος Θεοῦ καὶ ἔλεγχος εἰσδέχονται λύπην ἐγκράτεια δὲ καὶ ἀγρυπνία προσομιλοῦσι πόνῳ.
Oudeis dynatai ponon kai lypēn kata Theon echein, ean mē proteron kai toutōn tas aitias agapēsę̄. Phobos Theou kai elenchos eisdechontai lypēn enkrateia de kai agrypnia prosomilousi ponǭ.
No one can have godly pain and grief unless he first loves their causes too. [206] Fear of God and rebuke receive grief; self-control and vigil keep company with pain.
Notes and citation
Summary: Godly grief and toil come from loving their causes.
- Chapter 206 is printed inside this section with its numeral and is marked [206].
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (chapter numeral removed from the running text): ΣΤ. → .
Cite (SBL): Mark the Hermit, Opusc. 2.205 (PG 65:961; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-205). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.207PG 65:961
Ὁ γραφικαῖς ἐντολαῖς καὶ νουθεσίαις μὴ παιδευόμενος τῇ μάστιγι τοῦ ἵππου καὶ τῷ κέντρῳ τοῦ ὄνου ἐλασθήσεται· εἰ δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἀντιτάσσεται, καὶ ἐν κημῷ καὶ χαλινῷ τὰς σιαγόνας ἀχθήσεται.
Ho graphikais entolais kai nouthesiais mē paideuomenos tę̄ mastigi tou hippou kai tǭ kentrǭ tou onou elasthēsetai; ei de kai toutois antitassetai, kai en kēmǭ kai chalinǭ tas siagonas achthēsetai.
Whoever is not trained by the commandments and admonitions of Scripture will be driven by the horse's whip and the donkey's goad; and if he resists these too, his jaws will be led with muzzle and bridle.
Prov 26:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 32:9 (31:9 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who ignore Scripture are driven by harsher discipline.
- Prov 26:3; Ps 32:9 (LXX 31:9).
Topics: Scripture and canon
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2.208PG 65:961
Ὁ ὑπὸ τῶν μικρῶν εὐχερῶς νικώμενος, καὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις ἐξ ἀνάγκης δεδούλωται· ὁ δὲ τούτων καταφρονῶν, καὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀντιτάσσεται.
Ho hypo tōn mikrōn eucherōs nikōmenos, kai tois megalois ex anankēs dedoulōtai; ho de toutōn kataphronōn, kai tois megalois en Kyriǭ antitassetai.
Whoever is easily conquered by small things is necessarily enslaved to great ones; but whoever despises the small ones also resists the great ones in the Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: Defeat in small things means slavery in great ones.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne margin letter removed; OCR letter slip): σοῖς μεγάλοις → τοῖς μεγάλοις; τούτων Α καταφρονῶν → τούτων καταφρονῶν.
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2.209PG 65:963
Μὴ πειρῶ ἐλέγχων ὠφελεῖν τὸν ἐν ἀρεταῖς καυχώμενον, διότι ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ φιλενδείκτης καὶ φιλαλήθης εἶναι οὐ δύναται.
Mē peirō elenchōn ōphelein ton en aretais kauchōmenon, dioti ho autos kai philendeiktēs kai philalēthēs einai ou dynatai.
Do not try to help by rebukes someone who boasts in his virtues; for the same person cannot both love display and love the truth.
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Summary: Rebuke does not help those who boast of virtue.
Cite (SBL): Mark the Hermit, Opusc. 2.209 (PG 65:963; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-209). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.210PG 65:963
Πᾶν ῥῆμα Χριστοῦ ἔλεον, καὶ δικαιοσύνην, καὶ σοφίαν ἐμφαίνει Θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν τούτων δύναμιν διὰ τῆς ἀκοῆς ἐμβάλλει τοῖς ἡδέως ἀκούουσιν. Ὅθεν οἱ ἀνελεήμονες, καὶ ἄδικοι, ἀηδῶς ἀκούοντες τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ σοφίαν, γνῶναι οὐκ ἐδυνήθησαν - ἀλλὰ καὶ λαλοῦντες ἐσταύρωσαν. Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν ἴδωμεν, εἰ ἠδέως αὐτοῦ ἀκούομεν. Αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν· ῾Ὁ ἀγαπῶν με τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσει, καὶ ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου, κἀγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν. Βλέπεις, πῶς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐμφάνειαν ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ἐνέκρυψε;
Pan rhēma Christou eleon, kai dikaiosynēn, kai sophian emphainei Theou, kai tēn toutōn dynamin dia tēs akoēs emballei tois hēdeōs akouousin. Hothen hoi aneleēmones, kai adikoi, aēdōs akouontes tēn tou Theou sophian, gnōnai ouk edynēthēsan - alla kai lalountes estaurōsan. Kai hēmeis oun idōmen, ei ēdeōs autou akouomen. Autos gar eirēken; ῾Ho agapōn me tas entolas mou tērēsei, kai agapēthēsetai hypo tou Patros mou, kagō agapēsō auton, kai emphanisō autǭ emauton. Blepeis, pōs tēn heautou emphaneian en tais entolais enekrypse?
Every word of Christ shows God's mercy, justice, and wisdom, and through hearing implants their power in those who listen gladly. That is why the merciless and unjust, hearing God's wisdom without pleasure, could not know it, but even crucified him as he spoke. Let us then see whether we listen to him gladly. For he said, “Whoever loves me will keep my commandments, and he will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Do you see how he hid his own manifestation in the commandments?
John 14:21 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:8 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ hides his self-manifestation in his commandments, received by glad hearers.
- John 14:21; 1 Cor 2:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne margin letter removed): ἑαυτοῦ Β ἐμφάνειαν → ἑαυτοῦ ἐμφάνειαν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Mark the Hermit, Opusc. 2.210 (PG 65:963; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-210). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-210
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca (scan OCR; corrections logged). No public-domain English translation exists and no FOTC volume covers this work, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
2.211PG 65:963
Πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐστι περιεκτικωτάτη ἡ εἰς Θεὸν καὶ τὸν πλησίον ἀγάπη, ἥτις ἐκ τῆς τῶν ὑλικῶν ἀποχῆς, καὶ τῆς τῶν λογισμῶν ἡσυχίας συνίσταται. Τοῦτο εἰδὼς ὁ Κύριος παραγγέλλει ἡμῖν λέγων· Μὴ μεριμνήσητε περὶ τῆς αὔριον. Καὶ εἰκότως· ὁ γὰρ τῶν ὑλικῶν καὶ τῆς μερίμνης αὐτῶν μὴ ἀπαλλαγεὶς, τῶν πονηρῶν λογισμῶν πῶς ἀπαλλαγήσεται ; Ὁ δὲ τοῖς λογισμοῖς περιεχόμενος, πῶς ἂν ἴδοι τὴν ὑπὸ τούτων καλυπτομένην ἁμαρτίαν ἐνυπόστατον, ἥτις ἐστὶ σκότος καὶ ὁμίχλη ψυχῆς, ἐξ ἐννοιῶν πονηρῶν καὶ λόγων καὶ πράξεων ἐμπεσοῦσα τοῦ μὲν διαβόλου διὰ προσβολῆς βιαστοῦ πειράζοντος, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑποδεικνύοντος · τοῦ δὲ ἀνθρώπου διὰ φιληδονίαν καὶ κενοδοξίαν ἡδέως προσομιλήσαντος Εἰ γὰρ καὶ κατὰ διάκρισιν οὐκ ἐβούλετο, ἀλλὰ κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἐδύνατο καὶ παρεδέχετο. Ὁ δὲ ταύτην μὴ θεασάμενος τὴν περιεκτικὴν ἁμαρτίαν, πότε ἂν δεηθείη περὶ αὐτῆς καθαρισθήσεσθαι; Ὁ δὲ μὴ καθαρισθεὶς, πῶς ἂν εὕροι τὸν τόπον τῆς καθαρᾶς φύσεως Ὁ δὲ τοῦτο μὴ εὑρὼν, πῶς ἂν ἴδοι τὸν ἐνδοτέρω οἶκον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἴπερ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐσμεν, κατὰ τὸν προφητικὸν, καὶ εὐαγγελλικὸν, καὶ ἀποστολικὸν λόγον; Χρὴ οὖν, διὰ τῆς τῶν προειρημένων ἀκολουθίας, ζητῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον, καὶ διὰ προσευχῆς παραμένοντας κρούειν, ὅπως ἢ ὧδε ἢ ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ ἀνοίξοι ἡμῖν ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης, καὶ ἀμελήσασιν μὴ εἴποι · Οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ἐστέ. Οὐ μόνον δὲ ὀφείλομεν αἰτήσασθαι καὶ λαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ δοθὲν φυλάξαι· εἰσὶ γάρ τινες οἱ καὶ μετὰ τὸ λαβεῖν ἀπολέσαντες. Διὸ τῶν προειρημένων πραγμάτων ψιλὴν μὲν τὴν γνῶσιν, ἢ καὶ συμβατικὴν τὴν πεῖραν, ἴσως καὶ ὀψιμαθεῖς καὶ νέοι κατέχουσι · τὴν δὲ μεθ' ὑπομονῆς παράμονον ἐργασίαν, μόλις τῶν γερόντων οἱ εὐλαβεῖς καὶ πολύπειροι, οἱ πολλάκις αὐτὴν δι᾿ ἀπροσεξίας ἀπολέσαντες, καὶ δι᾽ ἑκουσίων πόνων ἀναζητοῦντες, καὶ εὑρίσκοντες. Τοῦτο οὖν ποιεῖν καὶ ἡμεῖς μὴ παυσώμεθα, ἕως αὐτὴν ἀναφαίρετον κατ' ἐκείνους κτησώμεθα. Ταῦτα τοῦ πνευματικοῦ νόμου ἐκ πολλῶν ὀλίγα ἐγνώκαμεν τὰ δικαιώματα, ἃ καὶ ὁ μέγας ψαλμῳδὸς ὑφηγεῖται ἐνδελεχῶς, τοῦ μαθεῖν αὐτὰ καὶ ποιεῖν τοὺς συνετῶς ψάλλοντας ἐν Κυρίῳ. Αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ᾿Αμήν.
Pasōn tōn entolōn esti periektikōtatē hē eis Theon kai ton plēsion agapē, hētis ek tēs tōn hylikōn apochēs, kai tēs tōn logismōn hēsychias synistatai. Touto eidōs ho Kyrios parangellei hēmin legōn; Mē merimnēsēte peri tēs aurion. Kai eikotōs; ho gar tōn hylikōn kai tēs merimnēs autōn mē apallageis, tōn ponērōn logismōn pōs apallagēsetai ? Ho de tois logismois periechomenos, pōs an idoi tēn hypo toutōn kalyptomenēn hamartian enypostaton, hētis esti skotos kai homichlē psychēs, ex ennoiōn ponērōn kai logōn kai praxeōn empesousa tou men diabolou dia prosbolēs biastou peirazontos, kai tēn archēn hypodeiknyontos ; tou de anthrōpou dia philēdonian kai kenodoxian hēdeōs prosomilēsantos Ei gar kai kata diakrisin ouk ebouleto, alla kat' energeian edynato kai paredecheto. Ho de tautēn mē theasamenos tēn periektikēn hamartian, pote an deētheiē peri autēs katharisthēsesthai? Ho de mē katharistheis, pōs an heuroi ton topon tēs katharas physeōs Ho de touto mē heurōn, pōs an idoi ton endoterō oikon tou Christou, eiper oikos tou Theou esmen, kata ton prophētikon, kai euangellikon, kai apostolikon logon? Chrē oun, dia tēs tōn proeirēmenōn akolouthias, zētēsai ton oikon touton, kai dia proseuchēs paramenontas krouein, hopōs ē hōde ē en tę̄ exodǭ anoixoi hēmin ho oikodespotēs, kai amelēsasin mē eipoi ; Ouk oida hymas, pothen este. Ou monon de opheilomen aitēsasthai kai labein, alla kai to dothen phylaxai; eisi gar tines hoi kai meta to labein apolesantes. Dio tōn proeirēmenōn pragmatōn psilēn men tēn gnōsin, ē kai symbatikēn tēn peiran, isōs kai opsimatheis kai neoi katechousi ; tēn de meth' hypomonēs paramonon ergasian, molis tōn gerontōn hoi eulabeis kai polypeiroi, hoi pollakis autēn di᾿ aprosexias apolesantes, kai di᾽ hekousiōn ponōn anazētountes, kai heuriskontes. Touto oun poiein kai hēmeis mē pausōmetha, heōs autēn anaphaireton kat' ekeinous ktēsōmetha. Tauta tou pneumatikou nomou ek pollōn oliga egnōkamen ta dikaiōmata, ha kai ho megas psalmǭdos hyphēgeitai endelechōs, tou mathein auta kai poiein tous synetōs psallontas en Kyriǭ. Autǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas. ᾿Amēn.
The most comprehensive of all the commandments is love for God and neighbour, which is built up from abstinence from material things and stillness of thoughts. Knowing this, the Lord commands us, saying, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow.” And rightly; for whoever has not been freed from material things and the care of them, how will he be freed from evil thoughts? And whoever is surrounded by thoughts, how could he see the sin that is covered by them and has real existence, which is the darkness and fog of the soul, fallen upon it from evil thoughts, words, and deeds? The devil tempts by forcible provocation and shows the beginning; and the person gladly converses with it through love of pleasure and vainglory. For even if by discernment he did not wish it, in act he was able and accepted it. Whoever has not seen this comprehensive sin, when would he pray to be cleansed of it? And whoever has not been cleansed, how would he find the place of pure nature? And whoever has not found this, how would he see the inner house of Christ, since we are the house of God according to the prophetic, evangelic, and apostolic word? We must, then, seek this house through the sequence of what has been said, and knock, persevering in prayer, so that either here or at our departure the master of the house may open to us, and not say to us, if we have been negligent, “I do not know where you come from.” And we ought not only to ask and receive, but also to keep what has been given; for there are some who lost it even after receiving. Therefore bare knowledge of the things we have described, or even experience of them by chance, late learners and the young may perhaps possess; but the constant practice of them with patience is possessed with difficulty by the devout and experienced among the elders, who have often lost it through inattention, and sought it again through voluntary labours, and found it. Let us too not cease doing this until, like them, we acquire it so that it cannot be taken away. These few out of many ordinances of the spiritual law we have come to know, which the great psalmist also continually sets forth, so that those who sing with understanding in the Lord may learn them and do them. To him be glory for ever. Amen.
Matt 6:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 3:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 7:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 13:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:12 (118:12 LXX) (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Love of God and neighbour, through detachment and stillness, leads to Christ's inner house, sought by persevering prayer.
- Matt 6:34; Heb 3:6; Matt 7:7; Luke 13:25; the psalmist's “ordinances”: Ps 119.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne margin letter removed; OCR accent slip; word split and doubled letter in the OCR; word split by the OCR): λέ γων → λέγων; ἐν· υπόστατον → ἐνυπόστατον; οἱκον → οἶκον; γνῶ σιν → γνῶσιν; ἀπο ολέσαντες → ἀπολέσαντες; ὀλίγα Α. ἐγνώκαμεν → ὀλίγα ἐγνώκαμεν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Mark the Hermit, Opusc. 2.211 (PG 65:963; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-211). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/mark-hermit-opuscula/2-211
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca (scan OCR; corrections logged). No public-domain English translation exists and no FOTC volume covers this work, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.