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1. • • Essence (Ousia): The essence of God refers to His inner being, His nature, which is absolutely transcendent and unknowable to created beings. It is the fundamental "whatness" of God, signifying what God is in Himself. Energies (Energies): The energies of God are His actions and operations, through which He manifests Himself to the world.
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     A Primer on the Essence and Energies Distinction

2. blogs.ancientfaith.com › asd › 2016/03/28Who is God? (Part 4 of 8): God is Essence and Energies

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   Mar 28, 2016 · God is His Essence, and God is His Energies. And both Essence and Energies are common to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When it comes to the three divine Persons, there is one Essence and one Energy of God. While it’s St. Gregory Palamas who is especially known for stressing the Essence/Energies distinction, it was nothing new.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Essence–energies_distinctionEssence–energies distinction - Wikipedia

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   In Eastern Orthodox theology, there is a distinction between the essence and the energies of God. It was formulated by Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) as part of his defense of the Athonite monastic practice of Hesychasm [ note 1 ] against the charge of heresy brought by the humanist scholar and theologian Barlaam of Calabria .

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5. slife.org › essence-energies-distinctionEssence–energies Distinction - The Spiritual Life

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   In layman’s terms, God’s essence is distinct from God’s energies in the same manner as the sun’s essence and energies are distinct. The sun’s essence is a ball of burning gas, while the Orthodox hold that God’s essence is incomprehensible.

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   May 31, 2024 · In Eastern Orthodox theology, the distinction between God's essence (ousia) and His energies (energeia) is fundamental. The essence of God refers to His inner, unapproachable nature, which remains incomprehensible and inaccessible to created beings.

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7. ubipetrusibiecclesia.com › 2020/07/03 › essenceEssence – Energies Distinction in the Church Fathers – Part II

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   Jul 3, 2020 · The distinction between God's essence and his uncreated energies are found in (but not limited to) the following patristic writers. It is pertinent to note that in these quotes the terms "operation", "activity", "work" signify "energy".

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   Mar 15, 2022 · While we cannot know God in His essence (God in Himself), we can know Him in his energies (the work of God’s grace in our lives, and who God is in relation to the creation and mankind). Both essence and energies are fully God.

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   What is the essence and energy of God?

   • When it comes to the three divine Persons, there is one Essence and one Energy of God. While it’s St. Gregory Palamas who is especially known for stressing the Essence/Energies distinction, it was nothing new. Some thousand years before St. Gregory, St. Basil the Great made this exact same distinction.

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   Is God's essence a real distinction?

   • According to anti-Western polemicist John Romanides, Palamas considers the distinction between God’s essence and his energies to be a “real distinction”, as distinguished from the Thomistic “virtual distinction” and the Scotist “formal distinction”.

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   What is the essence and energy distinction?

   • Thus, the essence and energy distinction follows the distinction between absolute and conventional truth, highlighting the reality of God and that we can know God without comprehending God or knowing what God is by essence: But, the divine nature in all the names which may be contrived remains, just as it is, inexplicable, as is our teaching.

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   Can we know God in his essence?

   • While we cannot know God in His essence (God in Himself), we can know Him in his energies (the work of God’s grace in our lives, and who God is in relation to the creation and mankind). Both essence and energies are fully God.

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   Do we know our God from his energies?

   • Some thousand years before St. Gregory, St. Basil the Great made this exact same distinction. He wrote this: “The energies are various, and the essence simple, but we say that we know our God from His energies, but do not undertake to approach near to His essence. His energies come down to us, but His essence remains beyond our reach” (Letter 234).

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   What are 'essence' and 'energies' in Christian theology?

   • In Christian theology, the concepts of "essence" and "energies" are at times employed to help one understand the nature of God and His relationship with creation. These terms are especially significant in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. This primer aims to explain these concepts and how they were taught by the early theologians.

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    May 10, 2021 · According to the true faith of God’s Church which by His grace we hold, God possesses inherent energy that makes Him manifest and is in this respect distinct from His essence.