Since the soul is more noble than the body and God incomparably more noble than the world created by Him, he who values the body more than the soul and the world created by God more than the Creator Himself is simply a worshipper of idols. (Maximos the Confessor)

There is an important difference between Creator and created. Finally Maximos and I agree.

I also agree that neither body nor world have a greater value than soul or God.

But there is great value in body and world. Each is endowed by the Creator with an aspect of God's own nobility.

In focusing on what is noble, I expect Maximos used a form of kratos. In the Illiad kratos is the power that endows one with the ability to subdue an adversary. We know it best in democracy or demos kratos, power of the people.

The power of my body is matched to the power of this world, each is finite. But if treated as emanations of soul and God, this body and this world can be helpful in approaching the infinite.

It is not necessary to reject Creation, in order to encounter the Creator.