Tag Archives: energies

The Incomprehensibility of Divine Personhood and the Mysticism of the Hoi Poloi

Posted on 16 July 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The Eastern theological tradition has long insisted the essence of God is incomprehensible, inaccessible, unknowable, and imparticipable to all rational creatures, human and angelic. The living God can only be apprehended through his divine energies. As Vladimir Lossky writes: “Wholly … Continue reading →

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Eclectic Thoughts on Holy Trinity: Person, Essence, Energy, and Stuff Like That

Posted on 28 November 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Robert F. Fortuin There is an observation by David Hart in the essay ‘The Hidden and the Manifest’ worthy of further consideration. The comment occurs in his critique of Thomist and Neo-Palamite readings of patristic distinctions within God: There … Continue reading →

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The Essence/Energies Distinction in the Theology of St Gennadius Scholarios

Posted on 18 October 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Fr Christiaan Kappes In today’s installment, I hope to fully accede to Fr. Kimel’s request; namely, to figure out what the real Scholarios believes! Well, historically, there have been many “Scholarii” (viz., Scholarioses) to contend with (up to three!). … Continue reading →

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The Essence/Energies Distinction and the Myth of Byzantine Illogic

Posted on 27 June 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Fr Christiaan Kappes First of all, I heartily thank Fr. Aidan Kimel for inviting me to write a guest column on Palamism. Although, in the essence of the argument, it should not make a difference, I will start by … Continue reading →

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