Gregory of Nyssa: "[...]the Divine is by its nature life-giving. Yet the characteristic of the divine nature is to transcend all characteristics.[...]"

"[...]the Divine is by its nature life-giving. Yet the characteristic of the divine nature is to transcend all characteristics. Therefore, he who thinks God is something to be known does not have life, because he has turned from true Being to what he considers by sense perception to have being." (Life of Moses, Ferguson, §234)

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