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essence and energies

  1. Reader Antonius

    On St. Gregory Palamas, the Essence & Energies Distinction, and Finding a Way Forward

    Pax, Ειρήνη, שלום! Christ is Crucified! Σώτερ σώσον ημάς! Dear brothers and sisters of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Firstly, I wish all of y'all a blessed & solemn Great & Holy Friday. Pascha is coming; I know of many Greek Catholics who are aching for the day as they also follow the Julian...
  2. The Liturgist

    1. The Divine Essence Is Beyond Human Comprehension

    To quote Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky’s classic Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, translated from Russian into English by the great penitent, scholar and abbot Fr. Seraphim Rose, because of God’s inscrutability and existence above and distinct from all of Creation, “...one may speak only of the...
    • The Liturgist
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • divine nature doctrine dogmatics early church fathers essence and energies orthodoxy patristics theology
    • Category: General
  3. Not David

    Myths about the energy-essence distinction and hesychasm?

    Howdy! Since today is the Second Sunday of Lent, there is a commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas, so I wanted to know which are common myths and misinformation about him and his teachings.
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