Gregory of Nyssa: “[...]when we see the execrable character of evil, we grasp His own unalterable pureness as regards this[...]"

“[...]when we see the execrable character of evil, we grasp His own unalterable pureness as regards this: when we consider death's dissolution to be the worst of ills, we give the name of Immortal and Indissoluble at once to Him Who is removed from every conception of that kind” (CE 2 477, NPNF, p. 298)

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