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How can someone have the freedom to choose and the power to act freely, unless he were able to be evil, should he so wish?

Gregory Palamas

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About Gregory Palamas

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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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.

The summit of evil, the crime most natural to the devil, pride, was born of knowledge. But if this is so, how can it be possible that all the passions result from ignorance? Does knowledge purify the psyche? Paul says: Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1).

Some people, because their minds have gone so long without nourishment, lose their desire to eat and so do not notice the harm they are suffering.

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