Evagrius Pontikus (bahasa Yunani: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός, Georgia: ევაგრე ქართველი), juga disebut Evagrius sang Soliter (345–399 Masehi), adalah seorang biarawan dan asketis Kristen asal Heraklea, sebuah kota di pesisir Bitinia di Asia Kecil. Sebagai salah satu teolog paling berpengaruh pada akhir abad keempat, ia dikenal sebagai pemikir, pembicara dan penulis. Ia meninggalkan karir gerejawi yang menjanjikan di Konstantinopel dan datang ke Yerusalem, dimaan ia menjadi biarawan pada 383 di biara Rufinus dan Melania Tua. Ia kemudian datang ke Mesir dan menjalani tahun-tahun terakhir kehidupannya di Nitria dan Kellia, dimana ia melakukan asketisisme dan penulisan. I merupakan murid dari banyak pemimpin gereja kontemporer berpengaruh, yang meliputi Basil dari Kaisarea, Gregorius dari Nazianzus, dan Makarius dari Mesir. Ia merupakan guru dari Yohanes Kasianus dan Paladius dari Galatia.
Evagrius Pontikus (kiri), Yohanes dari Sinai, dan seorang santo yang tak diketahui. Ikon abad ke-17.
Edisi modern
A list of modern editions of Evagrius's writings in Greek and Syriac, as well as German translations, is contained in Julia Konstantinovsky, Evagrius Ponticus: The Making of a Gnostic, (Ashgate, 2009), pp.186–8, and in Columba Stewart, Imageless Prayer and the Theological Vision of Evagrius Ponticus, Journal of Early Christian Studies 9:2, (2001), pp.202–4.
Terjemahan Inggris
Evagrius. The Praktikos and Chapters on Prayer. Cistercian Studies Series, vol. 4. Translated by John Eudes Bamberger OCSO. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1972.
On Prayer, One-Hundred and Fifty-Three Texts, The Philokalia, vol 1, ed and translated by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware, (London, 1979)
M Parmentier, 'Evagrius of Pontus and the "Letter to Melania"', Bijdragen, tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 46, (Amsterdam, 1985), 2-38
Evagrius Ponticus: Praktikos and On Prayer, trans Simon Tugwell, (Oxford: Faculty of Theology, 1987)
'Epistula fidei', in RJ Deferrari, Loeb 190, pp46–93
G Gould, 'An Ancient Monastic Writing giving advice to spiritual directors (Evagrius of Pontus, On the Teachers and Disciples)', Hallel 22, (1997), pp96–103) [translation of De magistris et discipulis]
'Evagrius Ponticus, Antirrheticus (Selections)', translated by M O'Laughlin, in Vincent L Wimbush, ed, Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman antiquity: a sourcebook, (Minneapolis, 1990), pp243–62.
Evagrius Ponticus: Ad Monachos, translation and Commentary by Jeremy Driscoll, ACW 59. (Paulist Press, 2003) [See also Jeremy Driscoll, The “Ad monachos” of Evagrius Ponticus: Its Structure and a Select Commentary, Studia Anselmiana 104 (Rome: Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, 1991)]
Evagrius. Evagrius Ponticus. Translated by Augustine Casiday. (New York: Routledge, 2006)
Evagrius. Evagrius of Pontus: The Greek Ascetic Corpus. Translated by Robert E. Sinkewicz, (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).
William Harmless and Raymond R. Fitzgerald, "'The Sapphire Light of the Mind': The Skemmata of Evagrius Ponticus," Theological Studies 62 (2001): 498–529.
Evagrius Ponticus, Ad Monachos, trans. and commentary by Jeremy Driscoll, ACW 59 (New York: Paulist Press, 2003).
Martin Parmentier, "Evagrius of Pontus and the 'Letter to Melania,'" Bijdragen, tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 46 (1985): 2–38, reprinted in Forms of Devotion: Conversion, Worship, Spirituality, and Asceticism, ed. Everett Ferguson (New York: Garland, 1999), 272–309.
Terjemahan Prancis
Antoine Guillaumont & Claire Guillaumont, Évagre le Pontique, traité pratique ou le Moine, SC 170–171 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1971). (Praktikos in French)
Antoine Guillaumont, Évagre Le Pontique: "Le gnostique" ou, À celui qui est devenu digne de la science, SC 356 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1989). (Gnostikos in French)
Antoine Guillaumont, Les six centuries des "Kephalaia Gnostica": édition critique de la version syriaque commune et édition d'une nouvelle version syriaque, PO 28, fasc. 1 (Paris: Firmin–Didot, 1958). (Kephalaia Gnostica in French)
Paul Géhin, Claire Guillaumont, and Antoine Guillaumont, eds., Évagre le Pontique: sur les pensées, SC 438 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1998). (Peri logismōn in French)
Paul Géhin, Évagre le Pontique: scholies aux Proverbes, SC 340 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1987).
Paul Géhin, Évagre le Pontique: scholies à l'Ecclésiaste, SC 397 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1993).
Cassian, John. The Institutes of John Cassian. A Select Library of the Christian Church: Nicene and Pre-Nicene Fathers (Second Series), vol. XI: Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian. Translated by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1887.
Cassian, John. The Conferences of John Cassian. A Select Library of the Christian Church: Nicene and Pre-Nicene Fathers (Second Series), vol. XI: Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian. Translated by Edgar C. S. Gibson. New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1894.
Guillaumont, Antoine. Les 'Kephalaia Gnostica' d'Évagre le Pontique et l'histoire de l'origénisme chez les Grecs et chez les Syriens, Paris: Seuil, (Patristica Sorbonensia 5) 1962
Guillaumont, Antoine. Un philosophe au désert, Évagre le Pontique, Paris: Vrin, 2004.
Palmer, G. E. H., Philip Sherrard and Kallistos Ware, ed./trans. The Philokalia: The Complete Text. 5 vols. Compiled by St. Nikodimos and St. Makarios. London: Faber and Faber, 1979.
Tsakiridis, George. Evagrius Ponticus and Cognitive Science: A Look at Moral Evil and the Thoughts. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010.
Ward, Benedicta, trans. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks. London: Penguin Books, 2003.
Angela Tilby, "The Seven Deadly Sins: Their Origin in the Spiritual Teaching of Evagrius the Hermit" London: SPCK Publishing, 2009.
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus, authoritative reference work; includes exhaustive list of writings, extensive bibliography, checklist of images, and sourcebook of testimonia
St. Evagrius Ponticus – A collection of many Evagrian works in a Greek/English parallel format
