he that knows the mystery of the Cross and the grave also knows the defining reasons (logoi) of these things. But he that is initiated (myetheis) into the unspeakable power of the Resurrection knows the goal (skopos) God established even as He brought forth all things.10 Maximus’s understanding of redemption is not based on a philosophical, prebaptismal evaluation of sin, but on the fullness of the Christian revelation, “the mystery according to Christ.” For him, the order of things is not established