ABSTRACT

Since the early 1900s, the importance of Evagrius Ponticus, a theologian and spiritual teacher of the Greek fourth-century, has been widely recognised. Yet, despite the assiduous researches of older critics such as W. Frankenberg, I. Hausherr, J. Muyldermans, and A. and C. Guillaumont, and the more recent fine work of scholars like G. Bunge, F. Kline, R. Sinkewicz and L. Dysinger, a picture of Evagrius’s oeuvre considered as a whole and understood strictly in terms of his own age is still lacking. The present book stands, at least in part, to fill this gap.