Evagrius of Ponticus (345-399) was a Christianmonk and ascetic. Having previously lived in Constantinople and Jerusalem, he settled in Egypt in 383. Jump to: navigation, search As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... The word ascetic derives from the ancient Greek term askesis (practice, training or exercise). ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Constantinople. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jerusalem and the Old City. ...
Influenced by Origen and Gregory of Nyssa, Evagrius taught that the goal of man is reunion with God, which man effects through asceticism and contemplation.
However, Evagrius also believed that the original unity of God and His rational beings was broken by a fault of the beings, who became souls and were later joined to bodies.
Evagrius taught that Christ was the only one of the rational beings to stay with God when the others lapsed and took a body to lead other souls to a similar unity with God.
Evagrius’ most radical illustration of providential abandonment is his own admittedly-unique exegesis of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in chapter sixteen of St. Luke’s gospel.
[16] Evagrius, scholion 6 on Psalm 47:11, (= PG 12.1440).
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