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Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Philoxenus of Mabbugh. Notes.

Item 1 - [01] Philoxenos. In the Rules of Voobus p 53-54

First Lines:  (put this last part first) Anonymous Canons. "Which are necessary for the monks." Include the

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Item 2 - [02] Philoxenos of Mabbug. (5th-6th Cent.) Introduction. 1- Mar Philoxenos -

First Lines:  monophysite bishop of Mabbug, honored as a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Jacobites, Copts

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Item 3 - [03] HOMILY I. The foundations of the spiritual life.

First Lines:  Basic idea: order in the spiritual life Discipline: starting at the beginning and going on

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Item 4 - [04] Philoxenos: VOCATION.

First Lines:  There is an interesting analysis of vocation to the monastic life in the beginning of Letter 11,

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Item 5 - [05] Philoxenos on Simplicity.

First Lines:  The necessary connection between simplicity and faith. (Hom. 4-5.) Hom. 4. Discusses - 1)

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Item 6 - [06] Philoxenos. Letter to a converted Jew Orient syrien 1961. p 41 f.

First Lines:  This is a letter of encouragement and advice to a coverted Jew who is seeking union with God

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Item 7 - [07] Philoxenos on Gluttony. Hom X - XI

First Lines:  Hom X. A fierce attack on the love of eating and drinking - and a masterpiece of writing, but very

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Item 8 - [08] Appendix to Philoxenos on Gluttony. Ascetic texts from St Pachomius (see Resch - Doctrine

First Lines:  1 on fasting: "Brother, the Lord has said: I came down from heaven not to do my own will but

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Item 9 - [09] Philoxenos. Hom. XII on Fornication

First Lines:  Why does the natural desire (of marriage) persist in the ascetic? For his advantage, to teach him

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Item 10 - [10] Appendix I. Abbot Mark. From the Philokalia

First Lines:  1) Abbot Mark. Is this the same as "Mark the Mourner" in Palladius, II.1? Macarius sais "At the time

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Item 11 - [11] Appendix II. Notes on Palestinian Monasticism: Treatment of Breakdown by St Theodosius (5th-6th

First Lines:  St Theodosius- Aboot of Deir Dosi between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. see the article

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Item 12 - [12] Appendix III. Palestinian Monasticism. John the Hesychast.

First Lines:  His life by Cyril of Scythopolis. Born in Armenia. 8 January 484. of Christian parents. After death

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Item 13 - [13] Ethiopian Church and Monasticism. Appendix IV

First Lines:  1) Ethiopian converted by Syrians who were captured by pirates while returning by ship from India.

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Item 14 - [14] Appendix V. Prayer of Cyrillonas.

First Lines:  Cyrillonas= a Syrian poet, end of 4th century, from regon of Edessa, writes of the anguish of the

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