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The Philokalia 4 by St Gregory Palamas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Philokalia 4 about?
1-63: A general survey of the divine economy of creation andsalvation: 1( 1) The non-eternity of the cosmos: the world had an origin, and itwill have a consummation (1-2). ( 2) The celestial realm (3-7 ). (3) The terrestrial realm (8-14). (4) The natural human faculties: sense perception, the imaginativefaculty, the intellect (1 5-20).(5) Spiritual knowledge, and its superiority to Hellenic philosophy(2 1-29). (6) Human nature>, compared with that of the angels and theanimals; the soul and its immortality (30-33). (7) God the Holy Trinity and the Triadic image of God in the humanperson (34-40). (8) The fallen state of man (41-63). Here St Gregory emphasizesthat man is more perfectly in God's image than the angels (62--63; 78). (b) 64-1 50: a refutation of false teachings concerning the divinelight of Tabor and the uncreated energies of God. This is directedprimarily against Akindynos rather than Barlaam, who at the time ofwriting had already withdrawn from the dispute and returned to Italy.St Gregory Palamas, supporting his argument with frequent quotationsfrom the fathers, maintains that there is a distinction-in-unity betweenGod's essence and His energies. The divine essence sign
Who reads The Philokalia 4?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- St Gregory Palamas
- Publisher
- St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain, St Makarios of Corinth
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Christian, Christianity, Religion