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Love rejoices when others repent; but hatred is estrangement from God – St Maximos

8 August 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Maximos the Confessor

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The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds.

A soul filled with thoughts of sensual desire and hatred is unpurified. If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for God absolutely precludes us from hating any man.

— /Philokalia/ St Maximos the Confessor: Four Hundred Texts on Love, 113-115

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