The Praktikos
AuthorEvagrius Ponticus
LanguageGreek

The Praktikos (Greek: Πρακτικός) is a guide to ascetic life written by the early Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus. It was originally written in Greek, but also has Syriac and Armenian versions. This work is the best preserved of all the Evagrian writings due to the relatively large number of manuscripts and wide distribution (Bamberger 1972:lix-lx).

The Praktikos consists of 100 chapters. Of the 100 chapters of the Praktikos, demons are mentioned in 67 of them.

Although originally written in Greek, there are manuscripts of the Praktikos in Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopic (Ge'ez), Georgian, and Arabic.[1]

Outline

Below is a brief outline of the 100 chapters of the Praktikos.


A more detailed outline is given as follows:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evagrius Ponticus (2015). Evagrius, Kephalaia Gnostika: a new translation of the unreformed text from the Syriac. Translated by Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. Atlanta: SBL Press. p. xxvii. ISBN 978-1-62837-041-6. OCLC 926092786.
  2. ^ Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians: an introduction to the literature of early monasticism. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516222-6.

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