Evagrius Ponticus on Faith

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Attributed to Evagrius Ponticus, entry #41671: "81. Agape is the progeny of apatheia. Apatheia is the very flower of ascesis. Ascesis consists in keeping the commandments. The custodian of those commandments is the fear of God …"