Orthodox Theology Quotes

“The love of God for man is so great that it cannot constrain; for there is no love without respect. Divine will always will submit itself to gropings, to detours, even to revolts of human will to bring it to a free consent: of such is divine providence, and the classical image of the pedagogue must seem feeble indeed to anyone who has felt God as a beggar of love waiting at the soul’s door without ever daring to force it.”
― Vladimir Lossky, Orthodox Theology: An Introduction

“The person is the highest creation of God only because God gives it the possibility of love, therefore of refusal.”
― Vladimir Lossky, Orthodox Theology: An Introduction