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The Flexibility of Thomistic Metaphysical Principles: Byzantine Thomists, Personalist Thomists, and Jacques Maritain [PDF]

Studia Gilsoniana, 2022
Thomistic metaphysics has been challenged on the grounds that its principles are inconsistent with our experiences of divine action and of our own subjectivity.
Mark K. Spencer
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The doctrine of St. Gregory Palamas and doctrine of Nikephoros Gregoras about the difference between essence and energies (the third stage of palamite conversy)

Вестник Мининского университета
Introduction. The purpose of this article is to carry out a critical analysis of the doctrine of St. Gregory Palamas and the doctrine of Nikephoros Gregoras, to identify significant contradictions regarding different understanding these authors of the ...
D. V. Vorobev
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The Modern Anti-Palamism and the Orthodox Doctrine of Theosis

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
The main theses of famous modern Orthodox theologians are considered in a polemical spirit, for whom the teaching of St. Gregory Palamas on the substance and energies of God is a major obstacle in the dialogue with the Western Church. An overview of the
Ventsislav Karavaltchev
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Hesychasm as a locus theologicus: The epistemology of experience in Gregory Palamas

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article argues that hesychasm, as articulated by Gregory Palamas, constitutes a genuine locus theologicus when ‘experience’ is construed within a disciplined epistemological and ecclesial framework. Against both rationalist reductions of theology to
Wojciech Słomski
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Human Destiny and the Natural Law in St Maximus the Confessor: A Contribution to Orthodox Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Orthodox Christian theology in general prides itself on bearing the mantle of patristic thought. Orthodox theological anthropology is no different, often drawing on Greek patristic sources in presenting its vision of the human being. Yet Orthodox anthropology can also broadly be categorized as personalist in ways that are not necessarily so ...
Alexis Torrance
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Avant-Garde versus Tradition, a Case Study—Archaic Ritual Imagery in Malevich: The Icons, the Radical Abstraction, and Byzantine Hesychasm

Arts, 2023
Serving as a conceptual introduction to the ARTS special issue, the article discusses the importance of archaic imagery and poetics of a major avant-garde actor who often symbolizes the main axis of Slavic radical modernism in its Avant-garde phase ...
Dennis Ioffe
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 242-266, July 2026.
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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Christos Yannaras: The Apophatic Horizon of Ontology, Basilio Petrà, James Clarke & Co., 2019 (ISBN 978‐0‐227‐17704‐4), vii + 132 pp., hb £65

, 2020
Reviews in Religion &Theology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 277-280, April 2020.
Nikolaos (Nikos) Koronaios
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Palamas and Florensky: The Metaphysics of the Heart in Patristic and Russian Philosophical Tradition

Studia Ceranea, 2013
Тhis paper focuses on the philosophical issue known as the metaphysics of the heart within Orthodox Christianity – both Russian and Byzantie versions. Russian religious thought is based on patristic tradition.
Justyna Kroczak
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Identifying Deification: Methodological Reflections in Response to the Oxford Handbook of Deification

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.
Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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