195

PG, t. 91, col. 1608 B.

196

This expression belongs to Diadochos of Photikia (see Diadochos of Photiki, A Word of Asceticism, Greek Text with Russian Translation, Kiev, 1903, vol. 1, p. 363).

197

St. Tikhon of Voronezh, Creations, vol. II, p. 191

198

Homily ascetic, vol. I, pp. 24-25.

199

PG, t. 44, col. 197-200, 1161 D-1164 A.

200

Ibid., col. 200 C.

201

Revelations of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Paris, 1932.

202

The passage which speaks of the three wills is found in Letter XX, published in Galland, Vet. Patrum Bibl. Venise, 1788, IV, pp. 696ff.

203

Для детального анализа этих терминов см. работу С. М. Зарина "Аскетизм по православпо-христианскому учению", СПб., 1907, все еще сохраняющую свою ценность.

204

PG, t. 65, col. 1020 A.

205

Ibid., col. 921-924.

206

PG, t. 120, col. 499 AB.

207

PG, t. 44, col. 164.

208

On the dark forces that envelop the human spirit, see Spiritual Discourses, XXIV, 2; XLIII, 7-9, etc.: PG, t. 34, coil. 664, 776-777. [Russian translation: The Works of St. Macarius of Egypt, pp. 181-182, 280-281.]

209

The author of "The Meaning of Life" (Moscow, 1918), who died in Russia at the beginning of the revolution, is unknown in the West. He is the only "Sophian" whose theological thought has remained fully Orthodox.

210

St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against Heresies, V, prel.: PG, t 7, col. 1120: St. Athanasius the Great. Homily on the Incarnation of God the Word, 54: PG, t. 25, col. 192B; St. Gregory the Theologian. Roem. dogmatica, X, 5-9: PG, t. 37, col. 465; St. Gregory of Nyssa. Long Catechetical Homily, 25: PG, t. 45, col. 65 D.

211

PG, t.150.

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