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Saint Gregory Palamas and the Quintessence of Orthodoxy

Saint Gregory Palamas and the Quintessence of Orthodoxy

Saint Gregory Palamas and the Quintessence of Orthodoxy An Extemporaneous Sermon by Archbishop Chrysostomos1 Εις το παναγιον δνομα τον Πατρός, και τον Υιοϋ, και τον  Άγιου Πνεύματος, ννν και αεί, και εις τονς αιώνας των αιώνων.2 It is important on this Feast Day of St. Gregory Palamas that we reflect, more than six centuries after he flourished, on the meaning of Orthodoxy and those things that…

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Notes on the Palamite Controversy and Related Topics (Part 2)

Notes on the Palamite Controversy and Related Topics (Part 2) BY Protopresbyter John S. Romanides

NOTES ON THE “PALAMITE” CONTROVERSY AND RELATED TOPICS. PART 2 (Continued from Part I) The Greek Orthodox Theological Review Volume IX, Number 2 Winter, 1963-64 Published by the  Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School Press  Brookline, Massachusetts Protopresbyter John S. Romanides 1. PRAYER AND ANTHROPOLOGY It seems that somehow in accordance with his thesis that Barlaam the Calabrian is a…

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"In fallen human life the noetic faculty (energy) does not function or functions inadequately. When the noetic faculty is released from the rational faculty (energy) and activated, then the nous is illuminated and, by the action of God and his own collaboration, man reaches glorification. He is a saint. A saint, by God’s action and his own co-operation, becomes a temple of the Holy Spirit." ~Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos

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