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The second volume of the Letters of Barsanuphius and John completes the collection of these monastic writings, which provided both spiritual and practical advice to a variety of sixth-century interlocutors from diverse walks of life. The two anchorites, having settled in an isolated location near Gaza, were in demand as trusted counselors, responding to questions on topics ranging from...

short, do not receive the devil instead of Christ. Do not delay in these, and you will be saved like Lot from Sodom,23 through the prayers of the saints. Amen. The same brother asked the same Old Man: “Should we not, then, read even the works of Evagrius?” Response by John. Do not accept such doctrines from his works; but go ahead and read, if you like, those works that are beneficial for the soul, according to the parable about the net in the Gospel. For it has been written: “They placed
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