--- title: "Best Maximus the Confessor Sayings" description: "Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maximus-the-confessor-65934.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maximus-the-confessor-65934.jpg) # Maximus the Confessor (0578–0662) Theologian **91** quotes in **698** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Maximus the Confessor was a theologian, best known for *On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy*. ## Quick Facts About Maximus the Confessor Born November 30, 0578 Died August 13, 0662 Profession Theologian Notable works On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy ## About Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and Neoplatonic scholar. ## Quotes by Maximus the Confessor · Page 3 > [When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/when-a-man-s-intellect-is-constantly-with-god-his-desire-grows-beyond/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Aspect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aspect/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/maximus-the-confessor-7435_aspect_when-a-man-s-intellect-is-constantly-wit_2034076.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/) [Advent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_before-his-visible-advent-in-the-flesh-t_1377830.jpg) > [God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. 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Col. 1:18), and endued with our humanity has gone to the Father as forerunner on our behalf. 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It teaches those too much concerned with a life in the flesh to deepen themselves through such sufferings instead of pursuing ease and comfort; and it makes the flesh's natural weakness in the endurance of suffering a foundation for overwhelming spiritual power. 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