Gregory Palamas: Being

Gregory Palamas was Monk and archbishop. Explore interesting quotes on being.
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“Famine means being deprived of and desiring necessary food. But there is something worse and more wretched than this famine: when someone is deprived of the necessary means of salvation and does not perceive his misfortune, having no desire to be saved.”

Gregory Palamas

Source: The Parables of Jesus: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas

Food

“Thanksgiving for the benefits received from God is made acceptable by humility and not looking down on those who lack them. It is rendered unacceptable, however, by being conceited, as if those benefits resulted from our own efforts and knowledge, and by condemning those who have not received them.”

Gregory Palamas

Source: The Parables of Jesus: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas

God , Knowledge , Effort

“Anyone who states that God should not have made those people who will be punished, is also saying that He should not have made those who will be saved, or any rational and free beings at all.”

Gregory Palamas

Source: Predestination? On Why God Made Those Who Would Perish

God , People