Letter 29 1. You are, O man, an image of God. Do you wish the image to take on the likeness of the Original? Silence within you all activities whatsoever. Bear continually in your heart the yoke of Our Lord. Marvel at this greatness in your mind, until it become radiant with his glory and be transformed into the Archetype and you become a god in God, having obtained the image of your Creator by the union which likens to Him. ...
Saint Mark the Ascetic Biography He was among the hermit ascetics of the fifth century who lived in the deserts of Syria and Palestine. It is likely that he was previously an abbot of a monastery in Ankara (present-day Turkey). Not much is known about his life. However, with the publication of the Jerusalem manuscript in 1891 of his theological epistle “Against the Nestorians” (Contra Nestorianos), which he wrote around the year 430 AD, the extent of his importance in the doctrinal discussions of the fifth century became evident, and the attribution of a number of his works to him was confirmed.1. ...