Sole Satisfier is a term in Christian theology which refers to God as the only one who can satisfy human beings.

Saints

Cyprian

Cyprian is one of the Fathers of the Church.

Sole Satisfier

To those who seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, he has promised to give all else besides. Since everything indeed belongs to God, he who possesses God wants for nothing, if he himself is not found wanting before God.

Sole Satisfier

Teresa of Avila

Teresa of Avila was a Mystic and is a Doctor of the Church. God as the Sole Satisfier of human longing is one of the central teachings of the Discalced Carmelite reform that she and St. John of the Cross collaborated upon in the 16th century.

Sole Satisfier

Let nothing trouble you

Let nothing frighten you

Everything passes

God never changes

Patience

Obtains all

Whoever has God

Wants for nothing

God alone is enough.

See also

Eastern Catholicism

Eastern Orthodoxy

Fall of man

Foolishness for Christ

Hermit

Hesychasm

Kenosis

Theosis

Notes

Attributes of God in Christian theology