[Page 3], THE DISCOURSES UPON DISCIPLINE OF LIFE AND CHARACTER WHICH WERE DELIVERED BY THE BLESSED MAR PHILOXENUS, BISHOP OF MABBOGH, IN WHICH IS SET FORTH THE WHOLE ORDER OF INSTRUCTION ---- HOW A MAN SHOULD BEGIN THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST, AND IN WHAT LAWS AND MANNER OF LIFE HE SHOULD WALK UNTIL HE ARRIVETH AT SPIRITUAL LOVE, FROM WHICH IS BORN PERFECTION, AND IN WHICH WE BECOME CHILDREN OF THE LIKENESS OF CHRIST,
[p. 353] THE TENTH DISCOURSE: WHICH IS AGAINST THE LUST OF THE BELLY, AND WHICH BRINGETH AN ACCUSATION AGAINST GREEDINESS, AND WHICH REVEALETH AND SHEWETH ALL ITS FORMS, AND WHICH ALSO BLAMETH THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR LIVES SUBJECT UNTO THIS PASSION, AND WHICH MAKETH KNOWN THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO LABOUR IN BONDAGE UNTO THEIR LUSTS TO DRAW NIGH UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE AND WORKING OF ANY OF THE TRIUMPHS OF VIRTUE.
[P. 420] THE ELEVENTH DISCOURSE: ON ABSTINENCE AND THE SUBJECTION OF THE BODY, WHICH SHEWETH THAT A MAN IS, THROUGH TRIBULATIONS, ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE SPIRITUAL COUNTRY OF THE ENJOYMENTS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.
Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 12 First Discourse on Fornication, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, knowledge, and love.
Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 13 Second Discourse on Fornication, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, sin, and the law.
[P. 26] THE SECOND DISCOURSE: WHICH TEACHETH WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT THAT THE MAN WHO DRAWETH NIGH TO THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST SHOULD LAY HOLD UPON.
And again come, O disciple, and hearken unto the triumphs of faith which are much to be desired. Come and incline thine ear to the voice of thy mother who giveth thee life by the sweet music of her voice. Come and suck the sweet milk of doctrine from the living breast of the mother who bore thee. Come and stand by the fountain which watereth nations and tribes, for whosoever drinketh not from her his thirst is not qu
Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 4 On Faith First Discourse on Simplicity, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “[p. 74] the fourth discourse: on faith, and how by simplicity a man may receive the commandments of Christ.” Topics include faith, the soul, and anger.
Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 5 Second Discourse on Simplicity, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “[p. 120] the second discourse which is on simplicity.” Topics include knowledge, the soul, and judgment.
Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 6 First Discourse on the Fear of God, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, sin, and judgment.
