Four Hundred Texts on Love by St Maximos the Confessor and a bone-deep sense of

and a bone-deep sense of storytelling

showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles

a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire

all he could do was stand-up comedy

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Four Hundred Texts on Love by St Maximos the Confessor and a bone-deep sense ofMaximus the Confessor (Greek: ), also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. However, he gave up this life in the political sphere to enter into the monastic life. Maximus had studied diverse schools of philosophy, and certainly what was common for his time, the