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Let St Maximos now lend us his support. He writes in his Scholia that the providence creating existent things is identical with the processions of God. He says: The creative providences and good-nesses - those that bestow individual essence, life and wisdom -are common to the tri-hypostatic differentiated Unity. By stating that these providences and goodnesses are many and distinct, he shows that they are not the essence of God, since that is one and altogether indivisible. But because they are common to the tri-hypostatic differentiated Unity, he shows us that they are not identical with the Son or the Holy Spirit, for neither the Son nor the Holy Spirit is an energy common to the three hypostases. Yet by stating that they are not only providences and goodnesses but are also creative, he shows them to be uncreated. For if this were not the case, then the creative power would itself be created by another creative power, and that in turn by another, and so on to the uttermost absurdity, not even stopping at infinity. Thus Gods processions and energies are uncreated, and none of them is either divine essence or hypostasis. St Gregory Palamas Topics of Natural and Theological Science and on the Moral and Ascetic Life: One Hundred and Fifty Texts

Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:30:00 +0000

Let St Maximos now lend us his support. He writes in his Scholia - TopicsExpress

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