"Even when your body does nothing, sin can……" — Gregory Palamas
"Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of prayer, attention, remembrance of death, godly sorrow and mourning the body, too, takes its share of holiness, having acquired freedom from evil actions. This is what the Lord meant by saying that someone who cleans the outside of the cup has not cleansed it inside, but clean the inside and the whole cup will be clean"
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49 Quotes by Gregory Palamas
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We know that prayer in and of itself cannot save us, but carrying it out before God can. For when…
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When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever…
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The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes…
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Let none of you have a soul which is barren and without fruit. Let nobody be unloving or unreceptive to…
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It is pointless for someone to say that he has faith in God if he does not have the works…
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