{"product_id":"essence-and-energies-being-and-naming-god-in-st-gregory-palamas-9781032244808","title":"Essence and Energies Being and Naming God in St","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Gregory Palamas (ca. 12961357) is among the most well-known and celebrated theologians of late Byzantium. This book provides a comprehensive account of the essence-energies distinction across his twenty-five treatises and letters written over a twenty-year period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Athonite monk, abbot, and later Metropolitan of Thessalonica, Gregory is remembered especially for his distinction between God's essence and energies, and his celebrated doctrine still generates a great deal of debate. What does Palamas actually mean by the term \u003cem\u003eenergies\u003c\/em\u003e? Are they activities' that God performs, and if so, how can they be eternal and uncreated? Indeed, how could God be simple if he possesses energies distinct from his essence? Going beyond the \u003ci\u003eTriads\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred and Fifty Chapters\u003c\/i\u003e, this book explores Palamas's answers to these long-standing questions by analyzing all of the treatises produced by Palamas between the years 1338 and 1357. It seeks to understan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018919608663,"sku":"9781032244808","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032244808.jpg?v=1750778664","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/essence-and-energies-being-and-naming-god-in-st-gregory-palamas-9781032244808","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}