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Tag Archives: theosis
Baptized into the Eschatological In-between
For in Christ Jesus the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Justification & Theosis, Sacraments
Tagged Aidan Kavanagh, Ambrose, Baptism, justification, Lateran baptistery, ordo salutis, Robert Jenson, theosis
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Introducing St Theodore of Tarsus
by Fr James Siemens, Ph.D. Work by unknowns is easy to ignore. Those whose contributions failed to find a recorder in their time, or a relay later, slip from memory and get dismissed as insignificant. This is especially the case … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged Christology, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Maximus the Confessor, Theodore of Tarsus, theosis
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Slowly Reading St Athanasius: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
by John Stamps Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Something is also rotten with the Human Race. Something worse than Hamlet’s creepy uncle and lutefisk.1 This corruption stinks to high heaven. Far worse than malodorous lutefisk is the … Continue reading
Posted in Athanasius, John Stamps
Tagged Athanasius, corruption, fallen human nature, incarnation, Jesus Christ, original sin, theosis
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Slowly Reading St Athanasius: You and I are the Cause of the Incarnation of the Word
by John Stamps Perhaps you are wondering for what reason, having proposed to talk about the Incarnation (JS: in-human-ification) of the Word, we are now expounding the origin of human beings. Yet this too is not distinct from the aim … Continue reading
Reviewing Reardon on Redemption
by Tom Belt It’s always an honor to join in the conversation here at Fr Aidan’s place. It’s good of him to invite me in to share my thoughts on Fr Patrick Henry Reardon’s enlightening book Reclaiming the Atonement: An … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Tom Belt
Tagged Anselm, atonement, cross, Patrick Reardon, redemption, theosis
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Theosis and the Palamite Distinction: Questions & Concerns
by Fr Aidan Kimel That there exists in God a real distinction between his essence and his energies, theologians assure us, is an irreformable dogma of the Orthodox Church. If so, it is a curious dogma, originating in a question … Continue reading
Posted in Byzantine theology
Tagged David Hart, deification, dogma, essence and energies, God, Light of Tabor, Orthodox Church, theosis, uncreated light
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The Dispassionate Sybil and the Cosmic Dance
Almost forty years ago I read my first novel by Charles Williams. I do not recall why I chose it. It was not the first or even the second novel that he wrote, nor is it one that most readers … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged Charles Williams, cosmic dance, dispassion, tarot, The Greater Trumps, theosis, unitive way
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The Five Ways and Deification
by David Russell Mosley, Ph.D. Fr. Kimel has been hounding me for sometime (OK, maybe that’s not quite correct) to write a post for him here at Eclectic Orthodoxy. Sadly, all of my best ideas were going to my own … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas
Tagged deification, five ways, God, grace, prime mover, theosis, Thomas Aquinas
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