675 (PLEASURE/ IMPASSIVITY {APATHY}/ CAPTIVITY/ FREEDOM/ JOY/ COMPULSION)
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672 (NEIGHBOUR/ JUDGMENT/ LOVE/ WORLDLY WEAKNESS)
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671 (REPENTANCE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE)
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TRANSLATION OF THE PATERNAL ADVICES
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60ή ΚΥΡΙΑΚΑΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΙΑΣ
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669 (TEMPTATION/ CONSCIENCE/ GOOD/ BAD/ STRUGGLE)
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668 (CARNAL MATTERS/ CARNAL THOUGHTS (LOGISMOI)/ CARNAL WAR)
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667 (PROBLEM/ PATERNAL ADVICE/ PRACTICAL ADVICES AND SOLUTIONS)
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