The people who walk angelically according to their free will and practice discipline in the life of the angels remove themselves completely from the desires of the flesh, beloved brothers; they die daily in the life that belongs to earth, but they live in the life of the angels, just as they share in the life of the Lord.


The advanced life of virtue, Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism (1995), p. 314

Athanasius of Alexandria Quotes

The people who walk angelically according to their free will and practice discipline in the life of the angels remove themselves completely from the...

The people who walk angelically according to their free will and practice discipline in the life of the angels remove themselves completely from the...

The people who walk angelically according to their free will and practice discipline in the life of the angels remove themselves completely from the...

The people who walk angelically according to their free will and practice discipline in the life of the angels remove themselves completely from the...