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Evagrius Ponticus

4th century · AD 399 · Eastern & Byzantine · 115 passages

Background on Evagrius Ponticus

In his own words on Judges

  • Judges 7:5-7

    Limiting one's intake of water helps a great deal to obtain temperance. This was well understood by the three hundred Israelites accompanying Gideon just when they were preparing to attack Midian.

    PRAKTIKOS 17

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.