St Maximos the Confessor - The Logos of God is at the same time both a lamp and a light...
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The Logos of God is at the same time both a lamp and a light (cf. Ps. 119:105; Prov. 6:23)
For he illuminates those thoughts of the faithful which are in accordance with nature, but bums those which are contrary to nature; He dispels the darkness of sensory life for those who press forward by means of the commandments towards the life that they hope for, but punishes with the fire of judgment those who willfully cleave to the dark night of this present life because of their love for the flesh.
St Maximos the Confessor
