Athens and Jerusalem

Divine and Human—with Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia

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Jul 28, 2023
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INSIGHT

God's Antinomic Nature

  • The Philokalia presents God's nature as antinomic: simultaneously unknown yet well-known, transcendent yet immanent.
  • It stresses the paradox of God's nearness and otherness as essential for true theology.
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Essence and Energies of God

  • Gregory Palamas distinguishes God's essence from his energies to explain how God is both unknowable and present to us.
  • Union with God preserves personal identity without absorption or annihilation of the person.
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Balancing Negative and Positive Theology

  • The Philokalia balances apophatic (negative) and cataphatic (positive) theology to express God's mystery.
  • Affirming "two extremes" about God avoids simplistic compromises and deepens understanding.
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