Complete unwareness of the loss of the virtues marks the downward path to godlessness. For the person who habitually disobeys God, through indulging the pleasures of the flesh, will deny God Himself when the occasion arises. In preferring the life of the flesh to God, he places a higher value on sensual pleasures than on the divine will. - St. Maximos the Confessor, *Philokalia* II:213
06 March 2007
Patristic Quote for the Day
Complete unwareness of the loss of the virtues marks the downward path to godlessness. For the person who habitually disobeys God, through indulging the pleasures of the flesh, will deny God Himself when the occasion arises. In preferring the life of the flesh to God, he places a higher value on sensual pleasures than on the divine will. - St. Maximos the Confessor, *Philokalia* II:213
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