Comments for Diakrisis Logismōn

Comment on gods by grace ? by apophaticallyspeaking

apophaticallyspeaking — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:20:28 +0000

Vladimir Lossky in “Orthodox Theology” (pg 47-48) makes a helpful distinction in this respect. God’s work of nature and God’s work of will are two distinct concepts. The generation of the Son and the procession of the Spirit are work of nature (essence) whereas creation is work of will. (Fr Romanides here echos Lossky, “When God created the world, He did not create the world through His essence, but through His energy and at will.”) The work of nature is not to be understood as work in the conventional sense of this term, but as the being of God. To take it a step further, God in His essence is beyond being, beyond existence, beyond work. But I digress. What matters here is that we see the distinction between essense and energy as part and parcel of orthodox trinitarian theology. Generation and procession become very important as they relate to the Father, as the unifying principle. This is critical in contradistinction to the essence, God’s being, understood as the unifying prinicple as seen in western influenced theologies. Such western conceptions obscure the distinctions of the Persons, work of nature and the work of will. This makes God’s relation to His creation quite problematic. He becomes so different from creation as to become removed and distant, or else God becomes part of creation.

Comment on Union with God – Theosis by hesychist

hesychist — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:42:47 +0000

Thank you for your articles Father. I especially enjoy your writings on Theosis and hesychia.

Comment on without ceasing by Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:07:15 +0000

What an interesting source.

Comment on Slowly correcting oneself by Harlemite

Harlemite — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:48:41 +0000

Indeed. May God help us to remember this.

Comment on Orthodox Glossary by Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:56:49 +0000

Thanks for that — I hope you’ll keep adding to it.

Comment on benefit from frequent Communion by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:48:59 +0000

What a wonderful and essential excerpt to post.

We need more of these testimonies on the importance of frequent Communion to be read by the faithful around the world.

Comment on Metanoia by eikonos

eikonos — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:28:56 +0000

Wow…. It is when I read of saints like St. Mary of Egypt that I wonder if I have even begun to repent.

Comment on avoid spiritual quacks by Moses

Moses — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:04:14 +0000

wow… well that seems quite spot on for the most part! hopefully things will change by God’s grace!

Comment on Utopian Ideal by soulintention

soulintention — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:11:46 +0000

thanks for sharing very interesting —

Comment on Without our awareness by Seraphim

Seraphim — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:36:34 +0000

Great quote! Thanks for posting this.