The Lausiac History and the Religious History

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...those who saw. 261

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The power of the curse of holy men over both inanimate and animate things. 264, 265, 377
Mark and Luke, who heard, are as worthy of faith as Matthew and John, who saw. 261
What gentleness original: mansuetudo, a key monastic virtue involving the restraint of anger accomplishes. 356
The singing of morning and evening hymns. 317
Our members [of the body] are the weapons of the devil. 257
Ammianus taught that every limb should practice virtue. 309
The mind, not by nature alone, achieves victory against demons. 256
The mind that withdraws from the contemplation of God becomes either a demon or a beast. 202
Monks on Mount Nitria A major center of early Egyptian monasticism provided for their own living by making linen garments. 26
Monks worked with their own hands. 82, 91, 102, 105, 195, 214, 351, 454
The nature of the rule original: institutum of the Tabennesiote monks Followers of St. Pachomius, known for the first organized communal monasticism. 38
Monks knew the Scriptures by heart. 105
How the monks would go out to meet those who were approaching. 148
To the monastery of women, no one crossed over except for a priest and a deacon, and that only on the Lord's day. 105
The nuns were tonsured and wore cowls. 107
A virgin takes her own life to

preserve her virginity. 248
Perpetual meditation on death ensures that we do not sin in great matters. 7
To be dead to the world signifies "impassibility" original: impatibilitatem, referring to apatheia, the state of being unmoved by worldly passions. 186
Moses, having received the splendor of grace, wrote of the deeds of the saints. 262

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The evils that follow from the desire for conducting business. 9
Of what sort were the monasteries of Mount Nitria. 25
At the ninth hour, psalms and hymns were sung. 27
To perform the office of None The prayer service held at the ninth hour, roughly 3:00 PM. 297

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The offering original: oblatio, referring here to the celebration of the Eucharist or Mass is said to be performed by the priest. 27
The offering is not made for one who has taken their own life. 106
Writings are the remedy for forgetfulness. 254
Diseases are cured with blessed oil by the abbot Benjamin. 39
A paralyzed woman was cured by Macarius with holy oil. 63
And a person possessed by a demon, cured by him, is anointed with holy oil. 64
John cured many by anointing them with blessed oil. 117
Blessed oil. 338
Sanctified oil. 339
A flask original: lecythus of the oil of the martyrs. 403
Blessed oil from Simeon Likely Simeon Stylites. 439
Through good works, all who love Christ hasten to be united with God. 7
The prayer of incantation likely a reference to a blessing or exorcism prayer abolishes the [demonic] operation. 339
The prayer of the saints is the common [refuge]