Why aren’t we so bold in our faith then to say that like Christ, man is both human and divine by nature - that we are gods incarnate? And that salvation is theosis - the actualization as a who of what we really and truly are?
I was wondering if you’ve had a chance to read any of Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditatations. There’s a great deal that resonates with Maximus, but from a 17th century Anglican poet.
I have to admit to having never read *all* of his Centuries, though they sit on my shelf. I will never forgot what I learned from one of the first of those: that, contrary to what some schoolmen taught, we can in fact love what we don't yet consciously know, and that is Christ in you.
Beautiful! You do the hard work to substantiate Rohr's insufficiently supported but still captivating line: "God loves things by becoming them."
Such a beautiful and illuminating text. Thank you so much for sharing.
Well,
brother,
here it is (I ran out of room in my "introduction", why I have purchased a subscription to your substack after hearing you on Hart).
https://manorthey.substack.com/p/secret-knowledge
Why aren’t we so bold in our faith then to say that like Christ, man is both human and divine by nature - that we are gods incarnate? And that salvation is theosis - the actualization as a who of what we really and truly are?
Wonderful, thank you.
That was a beautiful paper, thanks!
I was wondering if you’ve had a chance to read any of Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditatations. There’s a great deal that resonates with Maximus, but from a 17th century Anglican poet.
I have to admit to having never read *all* of his Centuries, though they sit on my shelf. I will never forgot what I learned from one of the first of those: that, contrary to what some schoolmen taught, we can in fact love what we don't yet consciously know, and that is Christ in you.
https://stevenberger.substack.com/p/a-most-profitable-discourse-on-sobriety