soul and all its hopes. This is how grace penetrates throughout all parts of the body.5 Pseudo-Makarios’s understanding of the heart and of the union among body, mind, and soul was to have a great influence in the later development of the theology of the Jesus Prayer. To better appreciate the significance of Pseudo-Makarios’s teaching on the heart, we must compare his understanding to that of the disciple of Makarios, Evagrios Pontikos. Evagrios too has had a strong influence on Eastern Christian