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St. Gregory of Nyssa on Infinite Tasting - Orthodox (Psalm 34:8)

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"Taste and see—but the tasting is infinite! God's goodness has no end; we taste forever without exhausting. This is epektasis: eternal progress into infinite divine goodness. Each taste reveals more to taste; each seeing opens more to see. God's goodness is inexhaustible." — St. Gregory of Nyssa. Orthodox: infinite tasting.

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Psalm 34:8

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