Essence and Energies: Being and Naming God in St Gregory Palamas

St. Gregory Palamas (ca. 1296-1357) is among the most well-known and celebrated theologians of late Byzantium. This book provides a comprehensive account of the essence-energies distinction across his twenty-five treatises and letters written over a twenty-year period.

Autorentext

Tikhon Pino is Assistant Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. He holds a PhD from Marquette University, an MTS from Holy Cross, and a BA in Classics from the Catholic University of America. He has published widely on the Greek theological tradition, specializing in the reception of patristic thought in Late Byzantium.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The Interpretation of the Essence-Energies Distinction and the Complete Writings of St Gregory Palamas 2. Understanding the Language of Essence and Energies 3. Activities that Begin and End? Energies as the Actuality and Actualization of God 4. Distinguishing Essence and Energies 5. Divine Simplicity and the Unity of Essence and Energies 6. Unity and Distinction: The Trinitarian Dimensions of Essence and Energies 7. General Conclusion