The Book of the Dove (1919) - Page 22

Nearly all of them are to be identified with certainty. Indeed, Euagrius Ponticus proves to be one of the most favourite; very often he is called Augrīos Rabbā Great Euagrius, Εὐάγριος ὁ μέγας, as Greek authors would say 1) Ethikon, pp. 218, 223, 235, 309, 322, 325 sq., 327 sq., 349, 448, 481.; he is also called the father of the Initiated, Abbā d-Meshellmānē Father of the Initiated 2) Ethikon, pp. 45, 105, 228.; or the master of the Initiated, Rabbā d-Meshellmānē Master of the Initiated 3) Ethikon, pp. 29, 34.; usually he is quoted as Father Euagrius, Abbā Augrīos Father Euagrius 4) e. g. Ethikon, pp. 19 sq., 28, 47, 102 sq., 183, 185, 241, 246, 250, 255, 272, 278, 285, 293, 304, 306, 312, 317, 324, 341 sq., 410, 419, 433, 447 sq., 468, 474.. As far as I see none of his works is ever mentioned by name.

Gregorius Theologus 5) Ethikon, pp. 227, 317, 366, 483. and the holy Basilius 6) Ethikon, pp. 250, 328, 330, 432, 451 sq., 474. are sometimes called Qaddīshā Saint; Gregorius of Nyssa is much less quoted 7) Ethikon, pp. 350, 452..

One of the oldest and most quoted authors is the man who is usually called Yūḥannān Rīš-Dayrā John the Prior. His identity is absolutely certain, for in the Ethikon, p. 413, his Ketābā d-Dargē Book of Steps/Ladders or Liber Scalae Book of the Ladder is mentioned. This is of course the famous Scala Paradisi Ladder of Paradise and so John proves to be Johannes Climacus, the abbot of the monastery of Raitun in the Sinaitic peninsula. One time 8) Ethikon, p. 511. he is called Abbā Yūḥannān Rīš-Dayrā d-Ṭūr Father John the Prior of the monastery of Ṭūr. Till the present day the old Raitun is called Ṭūr or Ṭōr 9) John is mentioned e.g. Ethikon, pp. 14, 19, 39, 43, 97, 102 sq., 142, 236, 246, 255 sq., 272, 286, 293, 305 sq., 354, 356, 364, 411, 413, 508. Book of the Dove, p. 527..

Dionysius the Areopagite is quoted once in the Ethikon 10) p. 487., once in the Book of the Dove 11) p. 568..

These are the originally Greek authors; Syriac translations of their works are preserved in the European libraries; that of Euagrius' works has been edited by Frankenberg 12) In the Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften..