--- title: "3 Advent Quotes By Maximus the Confessor" description: "3 Advent quotes by Maximus the Confessor. Plus more from Maximus the Confessor and more Advent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_before-his-visible-advent-in-the-flesh-t_1377830.jpg" --- > [Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/before-his-visible-advent-in-the-flesh-the-logos-of-god-dwelt-among/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_before-his-visible-advent-in-the-flesh-t_1377830.jpg) > [If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-we-keep-the-path-of-virtue-undefiled-through-devout-and-true/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_if-we-keep-the-path-of-virtue-undefiled_1996359.jpg) > [Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/just-as-the-teaching-of-the-law-and-the-prophets-being-harbingers-of/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_just-as-the-teaching-of-the-law-and-the_2643672.jpg) ## Other authors on Advent - [Allene vanOirschot 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/allene-vanoirschot/) - [Nick Chellsen 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/nick-chellsen/) ## More by Maximus the Confessor > [When what has been created in time according to the temporal order has reached maturity, it ceases from natural growth. But when what has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/when-what-has-been-created-in-time-according-to-the-temporal-order/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [There are lots of those who speak but few who do. However, no one should distort the word of God by his own negligence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/there-are-lots-of-those-who-speak-but-few-who-do-however-no-one/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-you-make-provision-for-the-desires-of-the-flesh-and-bear-a-grudge/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [The Logos came down out of love for us. Let us not keep Him down permanently, but let us go up with Him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/the-logos-came-down-out-of-love-for-us-let-us-not-keep-him-down/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/whatever-a-man-loves-he-inevitably-clings-to-and-in-order-not-to-lose/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [A passion is a contranatural movement of the soul or an irrational love, or an blindfold hatred toward any material thing, or because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/a-passion-is-a-contranatural-movement-of-the-soul-or-an-irrational/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/unclean-spirits-increase-the-passions-in-us-making-use-of-our/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/for-him-who-is-perfect-in-love-and-has-reached-the-summit-of/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/peace-is-truly-the-complete-and-undisturbed-possession-of-what-is/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/a-christian-receives-divine-wisdom-in-three-ways-by-the-commandments/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to the love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/whoever-sees-in-himself-the-traces-of-hatred-toward-any-man-on/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/as-we-have-borne-the-image-of-the-earthy-let-us-also-bear-the-image/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > ['The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/the-long-suffering-man-abounds-in-understanding-prov-14-29-because-he/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he who abandons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-everything-that-exists-was-made-by-god-and-for-god-and-god-is/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) > [The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and distress brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/the-person-who-truly-wishes-to-be-healed-is-he-who-does-not-refuse/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/maximus-the-confessor/#itemlist", "name": "3 Advent Quotes By Maximus the Confessor", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. 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