Metaphorical Definitions
Evil and ignorance prevail. 17. An ant is a practical man preparing his own food in this age. 18. Swine are unclean nations having received the commandments of our Savior Christ. 19. kingless locusts are rational souls unshaken by death and nourished on seedsger is a practical mind lacking virtues and dwelling in the knowledge of the heavenly powers. 21. A lion's roar is a man impassive toward the beasts occurring within him, having ruled. 22. A rooster is a spiritual man being filled with knowledge and evangelizing to souls the day coming from the intelligible sun. 23. A goat is a practical man being rightly guided in the unruly thoughts within him. 24. A leech is an unclean nature, the righteous blood from the rational souls.
Greek
ἐπικρατεῖ κακία καὶ ἀγνωσία. ΙΖʹ. Μύρμηξ, ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος πρακτικὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τροφὴν ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ παρασκευάζων. ΙΗʹ. Χοιρογρύλλιοι, εἰσὶν ἔθνη ἀκάθαρτα τὰς ἐντολὰς δεξάμενα τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ. ΙΘʹ. Ἀβασίλευτοι ἀκρίδες, ψυχαὶ λογικαὶ μὴ σαλευόμεναι ὑπὸ τοῦ θανάτου καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν σπερμάτων διατρεφόμεναι. Κʹ. Ἀσκαλαβότης, ἔστι νοῦς πρακτικὸς, ἐπερειδόμενος ἀρεταῖς καὶ κατοικῶν ἐν ταῖς γνώσεσι τῶν οὐρανίων δυνάμεων. ΚΑʹ. Σκύμνος λέοντος, ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος ἀπαθὴς τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ γενομένων βασιλεύσας θηρίων. 40.1268 ΚΒʹ. Ἀλεκτρυὼν, ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος πνευματικὸς πληρούμενος γνώσεως καὶ ἑτέραις εὐαγγελιζόμενος ψυχαῖς τὴν παρὰ τοῦ νοητοῦ ἡλίου γενομένην ἡμέραν. ΚΓʹ. Τράγος, ἔστιν ἀνὴρ πρακτικὸς τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ ἀτάκτων λογισμῶν ὀρθῶς καθηγούμενος. 1 Κ∆ʹ. Βδέλλα, ἔστι φύσις ἀκάθαρτος τὸ δίκαιον αἶμα ἐκ τῶν λογικῶν ψυχῶν
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Explore how Evagrius Ponticus defines 33 spiritual struggles that shape the soul's journey toward God.
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