Another great Father of the Eastern Church is, of course, Gregory Palamas. Like Maximus the Confessor, the Transfiguration of Our Lord was at the very center of his theology. The vision of the Divine Light of Tabor stands at the … Continue reading
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In the last issue of this article, I shared with you this thought of Gregory: if we wish to be with Christ, then we must become like Him. As St. John, the most theological of the evangelists, instructs us, “God … Continue reading
I have recently been sharing with my readers the thoughts of our Father among the Saints, Gregory Palamas. It just dawned on me that many may know nothing about him. So I thought that I would, in this issue, share … Continue reading
St. Gregory points out that Christ is not only the Sole Revealer of God, He is also the Sole Revealer of God’s purpose in His creation of man. In simple terms, what is true of Christ’s humanity can also be … Continue reading
St Gregory Palamas, one of the truly outstanding Greek Fathers, teaches us that it was none other than Christ Himself that was revealed first and foremost in history precisely because it was He, and not the Father or the Holy … Continue reading
The teaching of St. Gregory Palamas was based on the understanding that man, the greatest of all God’s creatures, had been called to enter into direct and unmediated communion with God even from this present life. The chief manner by … Continue reading
I would preface my sharing of Maximus’ thoughts on man this week by repeating a paragraph that I used to end last week’s installment. This is how last week ended. As Maximus stated, the natural participation of man in God … Continue reading
Today the time of earthly deeds is revealed for judgment is at hand. Let us be found fasting and let us bring tears of supplication, begging mercy and crying out: “I have sinned more times than there are sands of … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I began sharing thoughts of Gregory Palamas. It is fitting that I continue sharing his thoughts since on this second weekend of the Great Fast we commemorate the Church declaring his teachings to … Continue reading
Perhaps one the greatest individual theologians of the Christian East, Gregory Palamas, never presented a systematic doctrine of divinization. His contribution to the topic, however, has been enormous. Regardless of the controversial debates he engaged in with his theological opponents … Continue reading