THE SAPPHIRE LIGHT OF THE MIND: THE SKEMMATA OF EVAGRIUS PONTICUS.

From: Theological Studies | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

[Evagrius Ponticus (ca. 345-399) is now recognized as one of the pioneers of Christian mystical theology. Some of his most important mystical views appear in a little-known treatise, the Skemmata ("Reflections"), a collection of 62 brief, proverb-like chapters. At an early date, this work was attached as a supplement to his boldly speculative Kephalaia gnostica ("Gnostic Chapters") and came to influence Syriac spirituality. In 1931, Joseph Muyldermans rediscovered and published the long-lost original Greek text. The Skemmata takes up favorite Evagrian themes: the interplay among the eight ...

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