"[For Maximus], through accomplishing all the stages of the spiritual life, the human person achieves, not simply union with God, but also fulfils what is the essentially human role of being the natural bond of all being, drawing the whole created order into harmony with itself, and into union with God."
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Maximus the Confessor
, also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 β 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar.
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