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Commandments. Not only for the faith of Christ, but also for keeping the commandments of Christ, those who die are martyrs (f. 5, p. 26). – The limit (of fulfilling) the commandments is purity of heart (page 16, p. 61). – By keeping the commandments of the Lord, a man of sin is put off and honored with pure prayer (f. 21, p. 105). – Whoever fulfills God’s commandments as they should, sin cannot remain in him (fol. 21, p. 105). – With the one who has kept the commandments, the Lord creates an abode for Himself (fol. 21, p. 105; f. 55, p. 242). – Doing virtue is keeping the commandments of the Lord (f. 34, p. 148). – When doing the commandments becomes impoverished, humility is accepted (in their place) (f. 34, p. 148). – Why did the Lord legitimize the commandments? (fn. 34, p. 148; fn. 55, pp. 242, 243). – We must keep all the commandments of the Lord, and why? (fol. 55, pp. 242, 243). – They keep the commandments: a) out of fear, b) for the sake of reward and c) out of love; The Lord calls for the latter, and why? (fol. 55, pp. 242, 244, 264). – For those who love the truth, the commandments are not burdensome (fn. 55, pp. 242–243) – Although spiritual purity is granted to others by grace, the Church teaches to go towards it by doing the commandments (fn. 55, p. 243). – Doing the commandments takes a person out of the old world of passions and introduces him into the new world of the Spirit (f. 55, p. 244). – St. Vasily and Gregory, after fulfilling the commandments between people, withdrew into the desert (f. 55, p. 245). – The Lord concluded the perfection of the commandments in two: love for God and love for one’s neighbor (f. 55, pp. 250–251). – The secret doing of the commandments heals spiritual strength; How is this done? (fn. 55, pp. 258–259). – About keeping the commandments and that by keeping them people are honored with contemplation and revelations of the Spirit (f. 55, pp. 264–265). – God gave man two laws: initially a natural law, and after the fall – a written one (f. 57, p. 292). – The commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the world (fol. 57, p. 293). – The commandments of God are fulfilled in sorrows and cramped conditions (fol. 77, p. 384). – By rejecting sorrows and hardships, we neglect the Commander Himself, and what happens from this? (fn. 77, pp. 384–385). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. M.: “Rule of Faith”, 1998