Let us take off our life’s complex covering of rapacity and… - Gregory Palamas

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Let us take off our life’s complex covering of rapacity and greed, since it is ugly in God’s sight and condemned, and let us put on, as the elect of God, compassion, humility, modesty and meekness.

Gregory Palamas

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Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the archbishop of Thessaloniki, known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. The teachings embodied in his writings defending Hesychasm against the attack of Barlaam are sometimes referred to as Palamism, and his followers as Palamites. Palamas is venerated as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Native Name: Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς

Alternative Names: Gregorios Palamas • Grigorios Palamas

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