/lit/ - Literature

>>16105196
St Maximus quote thread?

>When Moses pitches his tent outside the camp - that is, when he establishes his will and mind outside the world of visible things - he begins to worship God. Then, entering into the darkness - that is, into the formless and immaterial realm of spiritual knowledge - he there celebrates the most sacred rites.

>The darkness is that formless, immaterial and bodiless state which embraces the knowledge of the prototypes of all created things. He who like another Moses enters into it, although mortal by nature, understands things that are immortal. Through this knowledge he depicts in himself the beauty of divine excellence, as if painting a picture which is a faithful copy of archetypal beauty. Then he comes down from the mountain and offers himself as an example to those who wish to imitate that excellence. In this way he manifests the love and generosity of the grace he has received.

When Moses pitches his tent outside the camp - that is, when he establishes his will and mind outside the world of visible things - he begins to worship God. Then, entering into the darkness - that is, into the formless and immaterial realm of spiritual knowledge - he there celebrates the most sacred rites.

The darkness is that formless, immaterial and bodiless state which embraces the knowledge of the prototypes of all created things. He who like another Moses enters into it, although mortal by nature, understands things that are immortal. Through this knowledge he depicts in himself the beauty of divine excellence, as if painting a picture which is a faithful copy of archetypal beauty. Then he comes down from the mountain and offers himself as an example to those who wish to imitate that excellence. In this way he manifests the love and generosity of the grace he has received.

>>13579815
Apokatastasis