16,951
edits
Changes
m
link
==<i>Logismoi</i> in the Writing of the Fathers==
===Evagrius Ponticus===
[[Evagrius Ponticus]] (c.346-399), originally from Pontus, on the southern coast of the Black sea in what is modern-day Turkey. He served as a Reader|lector ]] under St. [[Basil the Great]] and was made [[deacon]] and [[archdeacon]] under St. [[Gregory the Theologian]]. In order to deal with his sin, Evagrius retreated to the Egyptian desert and joined a cenobitic community. As a classically-trained scholar, Evagrius recorded the sayings of the desert monks and developed his own theological writings.
Evagrius developed a comprehensive list in 375 AD of eight evil thoughts (λογισμοι), or eight terrible temptations, from which all sinful behavior springs. This list was intended to serve a diagnostic purpose: to help readers identify the process of temptation, their own strengths and weaknesses, and the remedies available for overcoming temptation.
