Drawing near to God
Mathois said, “The nearer a man comes to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isaiah the prophet saw the Lord and knew himself to be wretched and unclean (Isaiah 6:5).”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Mathois said, “The nearer a man comes to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isaiah the prophet saw the Lord and knew himself to be wretched and unclean (Isaiah 6:5).”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V