Definitions of Spiritual Maladies
3. Ecstasy is a turning back toward the evil of the rational soul after virtue and the knowledge of God.
4. Distress is a state of the ruling rational soul, by which it is filled with virtues not for the sake of the beautiful itself.
5. Nose-snorting is a deprivation of the perceived virtue of the fragrance of Christ.
6. Cutting is a hardness of the rational soul toward the drawing-in spiritual teaching.
7. Ephelis is a falling away from spiritual contemplation, or a non-truthful understanding of events.
8. Logorrhea is a passion of the rational part of the soul, by which, being disturbed by things happening, it is unable to give thanks to God in all things (1 Thess 5:18).
9. Lameness is an incapacity of the rational souloward the work of virtue.
10. Sweating is a turning away of the irrational soul, by which the virtues are extinguished.
Greek
Θʹ. Ἔκστασις, ἔστι νεῦσις πάλιν πρὸς κακίαν λογικῆς ψυχῆς μετὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ γνῶσιν τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ιʹ. Θλάσις, ἔστιν ἕξις χειρίστη λογικῆς ψυχῆς, καθ' ἢν μετέρχεται τὰς ἀρετὰς οὐ δι' αὐτὸ τὸ καλόν. ΙΑʹ. Κολόβωσις ῥινὸς, ἔστι στέρησις ἀρετῆς ἀντιλαμβανομένης εὐωδίας τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. ΙΒʹ. Ὠτότμησις. ἔστι σκληρία λογικῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς τὴν πνευματικὴν διδασκαλίαν ἀνθέλκουσα. ΙΓʹ. Ἐφηλὶς, ἔστι πνευματικῆς θεωρίας ἔκπτωσις, ἢ τῆς τῶν γεγονότων θεωρίας οὐκ ἀληθὴς κατανόησις. Ι∆ʹ. Μογιλαλία, ἔστι πάθος τοῦ λογιστικοῦ μέρους τῆς ψυχῆς, καθ' ὃ σκανδαλιζόμενος ἐπὶ τοῖς γινομένοις ἐν παντὶ εὐχαριστεῖν ἀδυνατεῖ τῷ Θεῷ. ΙΕʹ. Χωλότης, ἔστιν ἀδυναμία φύσεως λογικῆς πρὸς τὴν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐργασίαν. Ιϛʹ. Ὕδρωψ, ἔστιν ἔκκλισις ἄλογος ψυχῆς, καθ' ἣν σβεσθεισῶν τῶν ἀρετῶν
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Explore how Evagrius Ponticus defines 33 spiritual struggles that shape the soul's journey toward God.
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