Review and Evaluation of Research Approaches to Reconstructing the Doctrine of St. Gregory Palamas on the Vision of the Uncreated Light
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2024.21.1.003
Abstract
The second part of the article continues the review of research approaches to the reconstruction of the doctrine of St. Gregory Palamas on the way of seeing uncreated light and is devoted to the analysis of the research of core representatives of the paradigm of the un- created vision of God: prot. Dumitru Staniloae, protopr. John Meyendorff, Gerhard Podskalsky, pro- topr. John Romanides, Reinhard Flogaus, Anna Ngaire Williams, Georgi Kapriev, Theodor Tollefsen, prot. Porphyrios (Fadi) Georgi, Mikhail Yuryevich Reutin, Cory Hayes. The basic premise of this par- adigm has been identified: God can only be seen / known by God Himself. Two conclusions are drawn from this premise: 1) man cannot see the Divine light (i. e. God) with his natural cognitive abilities; 2) that is why the Divine light itself becomes for man the uncreated ability by which he sees the same Divine light. It is revealed that within the framework of this paradigm, special at- tention is paid to the texts from the second (Tr. 2, 3) and third Triads, while the doctrine of seeing God with the «intellectual perception», described in detail in the first Triad (Tr. 1, 3), remains out of the researchers’ field of vision. The strengths and weaknesses of the paradigm of the uncreat- ed vision of God have also been identified.
About the Author
V. E. Elimanov
Moscow Theological Academy Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vadim E. Elimanov
MA in Theology
Assistant Lecturer at the Theology Department
Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300
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Elimanov V.E. Review and Evaluation of Research Approaches to Reconstructing the Doctrine of St. Gregory Palamas on the Vision of the Uncreated Light. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2024;(1):143–187. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2024.21.1.003
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