38 Cat 34.36–57.

39 Cat 34.68–70.

40 Vie 30.315.

41 Vie 34.2–4.

42 Vie 34.4–6.

43 Vie 34.12–22.

44 Cat 1.16–37.

45 Cat 1.171–177.

46 Cat 1.182184

47 Cat 9.397–398.

48 Cat 3.303–306; Cat 2.376–384.

49 Cat 12.212–223.

50 Cat 26.109–113; 4243

51 Cat 4.547–562; Cat 14.198–201; Cat 26.308–312.

52 Cat 30.221–227.

53 Hymn 2.51–69.

54 Hymn 14.75–95.

55 Hymn 14.109–112.

56 Cat 6.358–368.

57 Cat 2.421–424.

The hypothesis of the "Messalian" or "semi-Messalian" or "moderately Messalian" character of the Spiritual Discourses was advocated by some twentieth-century scholars and rejected by others. Without wishing to enter into a detailed examination of this question, as it is not directly related to the subject of our work, we will only say that, in our opinion, the "Spiritual Discourses" and other works attributed to St. Macarius of Egypt, but probably written in Syria at the end of the fourth and beginning of the fifth century, represent a continuous stream of ancient monastic mystical spirituality, completely Orthodox in its origins, but partially deviated in its historical development and became which is often called "radical" or "popular" Messalianism. Only this spiritual and theological deviation with its strange beliefs and customs was condemned by the Councils, while the "Makariev" writings are for the most part polemical works against the Messalian deviations. Cm. on this subject: Jean Meyendorff. Messalianism or AntiMessalianism. A Fresh Look at the «Macarian Problem» – Kyriakon. Festschrift Johannes Quasten. Vol.11, pp. 585–590. MunsterWestf. (S. A.). Recently, the question of the Messalianism of Makariev's works was again raised by the German scientist Klaus Deppe in his scholarly work Der Wahre Christ. Cm. Bibliography. But the author goes further. Without asserting the existence of any historical connection between St. Symeon the New Theologian and Messalianism, he wishes, however, to prove the spiritual identity not only of St. Simeon, but also of the "hesychasm" of the fourteenth century with the "Messalian movement" (p. Truly, a proverb comes to mind: Whoever wants to prove too much, proves nothing!