Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Second Century on Theology--St Maximos the Confessor

Before his visible advent in the flesh, the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent.

After his incarnation, He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them towards maturity of the divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent, as if in an icon.

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