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| Chapter XXXIII. Of the solution of a question which Abbot Theodore obtained by prayer.
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Chapter XXXIII.
Of the solution of a question which Abbot Theodore
obtained by prayer.
We knew also Abbot
Theodore,869
| 869 Nothing further is
known for certain of this Theodore. He may be the author of the VIth of
the Conferences; but must be carefully distinguished from his more
celebrated namesake, the friend of Pachomius, and third Abbot of
Tabenna, who died before Cassian’s visit to Egypt. | a man gifted
with the utmost holiness and with perfect knowledge not only in
practical life, but also in understanding the Scriptures, which he had
not acquired so much by study and reading, or worldly education, as by
purity of heart alone: since he could with difficulty understand and
speak but a very few words of the Greek language. This man when he was
seeking an explanation of some most difficult question, continued
without ceasing for seven days and nights in prayer until he discovered
by a revelation from the Lord the solution of the question
propounded.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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