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1. • We cannot 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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     Saint Gregory Palamas and the Essence/Energies Distinction

2. www.newadvent.org › summa › 1012Question 12. How God is known by us - NEW ADVENT

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   Objection 1. It seems that no created intellect can see the essence of God. For Chrysostom (Hom. xiv. in Joan.) commenting on John 1:18, "No man hath seen God at any time," says: "Not prophets only, but neither angels nor archangels have seen God. For how can a creature see what is increatable?"

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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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5. carm.org › about-god › how-does-christianity-defineHow does Christianity define God’s essence? - CARM.ORG

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   Feb 11, 2014 · We can say that God is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, holy, perfect, pure, wise, etc. We understand these concepts, but that does not mean we are accurately describing the essence of what God is.

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   Now the common desire of the saints is to see God in His essence, according to Exodus 33:13, "Show me Thy glory "; Psalm 79:20, "Show Thy face and we shall be saved"; and John 14:8, "Show us the Father and it is enough for us." Therefore the saints will see God in His essence.

7. 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’s essence is God in His very nature. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all of this one essence, something that we affirm in the Creed, when we say especially that the Son of God is “of one essence” with the Father. It is hard for us to say exactly what all that means.

8. readingthesumma.blogspot.com › 2010 › 04Reading The Summa: Question 12 - How God is known by us

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   Apr 22, 2010 · We can know of God and of certain things about Him though natural reason, arguing from created things back to their first cause; but the beatific vision in which we see God’s essence is of a completely different order.

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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.

   Saint Gregory Palamas and the Essence/Energies Distinction

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   Can a created intellect see the essence of God?

   • Objection 1. It seems that no created intellect can see the essence of God. For Chrysostom (Hom. xiv. in Joan.) commenting on John 1:18, "No man hath seen God at any time," says: "Not prophets only, but neither angels nor archangels have seen God. For how can a creature see what is increatable?"

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   What is God's essence?

   • God’s essence is God in His very nature. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all of this one essence, something that we affirm in the Creed, when we say especially that the Son of God is “of one essence” with the Father. It is hard for us to say exactly what all that means. Why? Because God’s essence is beyond us. We cannot comprehend it.

   Who is God? (Part 4 of 8): God is Essence and Energies

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   Why do the saints want to see God in his essence?

   • Further, the desire of the saints cannot be altogether frustrated. Now the common desire of the saints is to see God in His essence, according to Exodus 33:13, "Show me Thy glory "; Psalm 79:20, "Show Thy face and we shall be saved"; and John 14:8, "Show us the Father and it is enough for us." Therefore the saints will see God in His essence.

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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 does the Bible say about seeing God in his essence?

   • Further, a gloss on 1 Corinthians 15:24, "When He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father," says: "Where," i.e. in heaven, "the essence of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost shall be seen: this is given to the clean of heart alone and is the highest bliss." Therefore the blessed will see God in His essence.

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10. stgeorgegreenville.org › who-is-god › how-know-godHow Do We Know God? | Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral

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    Can we know God’s essence? God in His essence is incomprehensible. The Apostle Paul tells us, God is “unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see” (1Tim. 6:16).