The capacity for unintelligence is rooted so deeply in human nature through the senses that the majority think that man is nothing more than flesh, which possesses sense faculties so that he can enjoy this present life.
The Lord said, ‘First seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness’ (Matthew 6:33), that is, seek the knowledge of truth before all things, and therefore seek training in appropriate methods of attaining it. In saying this, He showed clearly that believers must seek only divine knowledge and the virtue which adorns it with corresponding actions.
~St Maximos the Confessor
***There is a new podcast on Ancient Faith Radio entitled, The Patristics Podcast which is very good, and I encourage anyone interested in the writing of the early church fathers to give it a try at:
http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/patristicspodcast
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