Detail from a Rodin sculpture depicting monks in varying states of mind including in despair. Evagrius wrote in the 4th century about how to lead an ascetic or monastic life but his writings have relevance in modern times for all sorts of lives.
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Christian church were based on the “Eight Thoughts” compiled by the early church father Evagrius of Pontus in the 4th… Read the rest