Exposition of the Orthodox Faith: Nature of God, Holy Trinity, Divine Energies
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- As we are back to high effort powerpoint video presentations, in this video I give a review of St. John of Damascus' Book I on the Exposition of the Orthodox Faith. St. John of Damascus is one of the most significant Church Fathers, and his writings on the Orthodox faith is treated as a systematic theology book par excellence, he is highly revered both east and west and his life is inspiring, for the life of St. John of Damascus, watch this: • Islam, Holy Icons & St...
In Book I, St. John mostly talks about the nature of God, the Holy Trinity and essence energies distinction. The essence energies distinction in particular is a key aspect of St. John's theology as this video shows. I also talk about the filioque since St. John's theology strongly rejects the filioque and in fact openly advocates for what we Orthodox call "the energetic procession" of the Holy Spirit from the Father through the Son, which is not to be confused with the filioque, since the energetic procession of the Holy Spirit does not speak of the Holy Spirit being caused by the Son as the Roman Catholic dogma teaches (See Council of Florence Session 6) but that the Holy Spirit in God's energetic activities both ad intra and ad extra proceed from the Father through the Son.
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This was my catechism book. Definitely a good choice on my priest's behalf.
I appreciate the time and effort put into this video. Good job!
Helped me a lot as a catechumen!
Perfect. Thanks for the video.
My patron! May his prayers be with us all!
he is dead and not praying right now
Bro forgot with Christ we have eternal life
Nice video bro, you are my guide for orthodox theology
Have you checked out Jay Dyer or Orthodox Shahada?
@@andys3035 I checked out jay dyer. I havent heard of Orthodox Shahada. Im still a beginner and trying to understand the fundamentals of orthodoxy and the thelogical aspect of it.
@@based.ethiopian if you like Jay, you'll like Orthodox Shahada. He has a video about the continuity of temple worship with the Liturgy. It was really good.
@@andys3035 Ill check him out
@@based.ethiopian Remember, a priest should be your first stop, these videos are helpful but more of a side thing.
Are you going to respond @MilitantThomist two videos against you on the Filioque clause?
I'd watch that!
"Why do we tear apart the members of Christ, and come to such a degree of madness that we forget that we are members of each other?" Bl. St. Clement of Rome A.D. 90
@Sub-Zero and you're God to know such things? All praise to you then vainglorious one
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Where is he clarifying the nature/person confusion which leads to heresy?
Read the third book ...
In God are union and distinctions .other way you are driven in pantheism, with your belief not realising it
These are not proof of the existence of God. Theological abstracts no concrete proofs.
Jesus states at least FIFTY TIMES - 50 - in all different ways that God is made by THE FATHER AND THE SON!!! PERIOD. Why don't people listen to Jesus? WHO had the BRILLIANT IDEA that God is made by THREE different divine persons instead???? I am not blind: I can see that three NAMES of divine persons are mentioned in the gospels! JESUS DOES NOT LIE: God is indeed made only by the Father and the Son. It simply means that the three names SOMEHOW MAP ONTO 1. THE FATHER AND 2. THE SON. I know this "mapping concept" was difficult to grasp by people of ancient times, but now we are in the third millennium! (by the way, the Holy Spirit is the Father again, in the form of a spirit).
heresy
@@ThomasG_Nikolaj
The truth. Unfortunately the truth is heresy.
@@claudiozanella256 The Father is not the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and is a person/hypostasis. Learn basic Trinitarian theology brother
@@ThomasG_Nikolaj
Unfortunately the "basis theology" is wrong. According to the "basis theology" (i.e. the invented trinity doctrine) Jesus is supposed to be always together with 1. Father and 2. Holy Spirit. Since the Father is a spirit, Jesus is thus supposed to be together with TWO Spirits: the Father - who is a spirit - and the Holy Spirit. That is FALSE: Jesus is ONLY WITH THE FATHER (who is a spirit): "The hour comes, yes, has now come, when you will be scattered and on your own. You will leave me alone. Yet, I am NOT ALONE because THE FATHER is with me."... JESUS TELLS YOU HE IS ONLY WITH THE FATHER (I can quote twenty more verses). Jesus is NEVER with two Persons, hence the trinity doctrine and the "basis theology" are false. A. "Father who is a spirit" and B. Holy Spirit are not TWO different Spirits, they are the SAME One, just two EQUIVALENT NAMES. Since the Holy Spirit comes from the Father, this means that "the Father who is a spirit" comes from "the Father who is NOT a Spirit" (absent).
@@claudiozanella256 ahhh so you know more than the direct disciples of the Apostles who all believed in the Trinity? Trinity is not invented, it's revealed by God and biblical. David Erhan and Jay dyer have many videos on the Trinity if you are interested. If not, why are you here?