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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.
Also known as: Isaac the Syrian, Saint Isaac of Nineveh, Saint Isaac the Syrian
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Prayer does not consist only of the repeating
And when, again, he departs from these things
True is the word of the Lord which declares
When the solitary has passed on to another
The light of contemplation proceeds along
In the night which calms all the efforts
What is conversation with God?
So then, let us not attribute to God's actions and His dealings with us any idea of requital.
Abba Arsenius for God’s sake conversed with no one
My brothers, the time of our lives is short
There was when that there was no name for God, and there is going to be when he will not have one.
Just as all namings and appellations that concern God were with him at the beginning of creation
Once a person has, through divine assistance, become recollected from external concerns
Even if there was a time when creation did not exist
Prayer offered up at night possesses a great power, more than the prayer of the day-time. Therefore all the righteous prayed during the night, while combatting the heaviness of the body and the sweetness of sleep and repelling corporeal nature.
If the light-giving elements were made for things corporeal for the use of bodies and the discernment of the senses
Just as the non-rational light was entrusted for the distinction of bodies
Accordingly, as I have said above, when—
If you wish to hold fast to stillness
So these are the different kinds of paths which discerning solitaries follow
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