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“For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between Christians and unbelievers, or between slave and free, or between male and female. But because he has risen above the tyranny of the passions and has fixed his attention on the single nature of man, he looks on all in the same way and shows the same disposition to all. For in him there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, bond not free, but Christ who 'is all, and in all' (Col. 3:11; cf. Gal. 3:28).”

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Maximus the Confessor
Maximus the Confessor

Maximus the Confessor, who lived from 580 to August 13, 662, was a mysterious religious philosopher and theologian. His life and achievements are not well-documented in historical records, but his thoughts have had a profound impact on Christian philosophy. more

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