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Readers will find materials ranging from East to West and from the first to the eighth centuries. Among well-known fathers cited are Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, Ambrose, Athanasius, Augustine, the Cappadocians, John Chrysostom, John of Damascus and Bede the Venerable. Among lesser-known fathers are John Cassian, Philoxenus of Mabbug and Theophylact.

tempted by the devil and pointed out the subtle director of the temptation. He confirms this passage by his words to his apostles later when he says, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”34 They were tempted to desert their Lord because they had indulged in sleep instead of prayer. The phrase that balances and interprets “lead us not into temptation” is “but deliver us from evil.” ON PRAYER 8.35 . CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: When we are intent in prayer, he commands us
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