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613–700 Qatar

Isaac of Nineveh (c. 613 – c. 700), also known as Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian best remembered for his written works on Christian asceticism.

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Also known as: Isaac the Syrian, Saint Isaac of Nineveh, Saint Isaac the Syrian

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That the intellect should standing during the office or in prayer continually, again and again

At this time (when we make our petitions and our supplications to God, and we speak with Him)

By saying that He will even hand us over to burning for the sake of sufferings, torment and all sorts of ills

When it sometimes happens that a person is held worthy of prayer of fervour as a result of the surging of grace

There are times when a person sits in a stillness that is guarded and wakeful

Some rational beings are without any appellations, and some have many names

No part belonging to any single one of (all) rational beings will be lost

Just as the sight of someone standing beside smoke cannot become clear

When a sailor voyages in the midst of the sea, he watches the stars

As it is not possible to cross over the great ocean without a ship

It is a matter for even more astonishment in the case of those who

And it is clear that He does not abandon them the moment they fall

The “noetic cloud” is the intellect that is smitten with wonder

There is a spiritual perception which is born out of meditation

Now when the intellect has been illumined, even just a little

Fire that has flared up in dry wood is difficult to put out

When he is held worthy of the prayer of understanding

The whole length of the night is as the day to them

But what need is there to speak of the ascetics

As grass and fire cannot co-exist in one place

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Isaac of Nineveh (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.