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Old 31-10-2022, 12:19 AM
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The Evagrian Ascetical System
I Treatise on the Practical Life (Text) -- 9


76 Angels rejoice when vice is diminished; demons, however, when virtue is diminished. The former are servants of mercy and charity; the latter are subjects of anger and hatred. And the first, when they approach, fill us with spiritual contemplation; the second, when they draw near, cast the soul into shameful imaginations.

77 The virtues do not stop the attacks of the demons but they preserve us unharmed.
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