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Essence-Energies Distinction and the Patristic Legacy

Luca Benzo
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  • ISBN 9783631941713
  • Weight: 459g
  • Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2026
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG
  • Publication City/Country: CH
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Since its clear formalization in the 14th century by the Orthodox theologian Gregory Palamas, the assertion of a „real“ distinction in God between essence and uncreated energies has become the major point of conflict between Western and Eastern Christian theologies, to the point that nowadays even the notorious Filioque controversy tends to be seen as a theological consequence of this problem.

The innovative approach of this book on the Palamite controversy abandons the traditional „ontological“ contraposition based on the (Eastern) defense or (Western) rejection of the aforementioned „real“ distinction, and moves to epistemological terrain, taking the logical notion of „antinomy“, in its vital connection with theological apophaticism, as the formal touchstone to discern the effective continuity (or discontinuity) between Palamas‘ thought and its patristic sources.
About Luca Benzo
Luca Benzo is currently a Research Associate at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University, Japan. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, as well as Master's Degrees in Theology and Philosophy from the Catholic Institute of Paris. Since 2022 he has been serving as a missionary priest in Japan.

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