The Eight Thoughts

This four session course was taught by Fr. Paul Rivard during Lent of 2024 at Saint George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville, SC. The Eight Thoughts are a pre-cursor to the more widely known Seven Deadly Sins, and while both serve as tools for self-examination and confession, Evagrius and Cassian use the notion of addressing thoughts which precede sinful actions as a means of defeating spiritual enemies before the damage of sin is done.