Evagrius Ponticus lived a troubled life in the fourth century, and he’s had a troubled afterlife. In his youth he was hounded out of Constantinople by a jealous husband. He made his way to safety in the Egyptian desert, where he penned some classics of spirituality. (It was he who gave us the much-quoted line: “A theologian is one who prays, and one who prays is a theologian.”) After his death, his writings got caught up in the Origenist purges. He’s enjoyed a bit of a revival in recent decades. Now there’s a new book, an anthology and biographical study in one, for which we may rejoice. There’s a review here. Hat tip: Rogue Classicism.