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Dig into the theology of fourteenth-century archbishop of Thessaloniki St. Gregory Palamas with Anestis Keselopoulos’ presentation of Palamas’ views on passion and virtue. Drawing heavily from Palamas’ homilies and other primary sources, Keselopoulos brings Palamas to life for twenty-first-century readers. Palamas bases his teaching on the passions and virtues on the basic theological...

according to His will. When the soul is abandoned by God, death draws near. God is by no means the source or origin of this death, for sin is the sole cause of divine abandonment.92 Palamas and the Fathers teach that nothing exists that is evil by nature. Sin is considered evil only as an energy of self-governing beings that is in opposition to God: “For apart from sin, nothing in this life is evil by nature, even if it causes harm—not even death itself.” All the other difficulties can actually help
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