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Gregory of Nyssa, on Eccl 3:8
Gregory of Nyssa · c. A.D. 335–395
Eccl 3:8 · Douay-Rheims
“A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.”
On this verse:
“We must love one thing alone, that which the law of the Decalogue speaks, "You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, soul and mind." There is one object deserving of our hated, the inventer of evil, the enemy our lives of whom the Law says, "You shall hate your enemy." The love of God strengthens the person who loves, whereas a disposition towards evil brings destruction upon anyone who loves it.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.