Purity And Images

Μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὅτι αὐτοὶ Θεὸν ὅψονται. Ὅτι ὁ πάσης ἐμαθοῦς διαθέσεως τὴν ἑαυτοῦ καρδίαν ἀποκαθάρας ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ κάλλει τῆς θείας φύσεως καθορᾷ τὴν εἰκόνα. Ἰκανὴ γὰρ ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς καθαρότης ἐστὶ τὸν Θεὸν δι' ἑαυτῆς κατοπτρίζεσθα. Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος, Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαιον Εὐάγγελιον, Ἐκλογή Source: Migne PG 27.1368b

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 1 For he who has cleansed the heart from every discordant desire in that same beauty of the Divine nature beholds the image. For fittingly the purity of the soul is in itself the reflection of the Divine.   Saint Athanasius, Fragment on Matthew 1 Mt 5.8