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To: Petrosius
The hypostatic union is unique to the Son

Good. Then how can we be partakers/receivers in/of the divine nature, as 2 Pet 1:4 translation, and Latin Rite statements suggest?

I am asking agian: What does it mean in the West that we are "partakers of the divine nature/essence?" Perhpas it's semantics, but it sounds raher as a conceptual divide with what the East teaches, and has taught through hasychastic fathers, the Cappadocian Fathers and tghe Desert Fathers.

Where does the West say that that we become God in essence?

In the way the Bible is translated and in Laitn Rite prayers you provided. Are we imbued with God's essence or with His creative energies?

18 posted on 08/29/2008 8:15:57 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50

In general I would say that in the West we have not explored the nature of this sharing of the divine nature as much as has been done in the East. One problem I perceive is that you are transferring the debate between Gregory Palamas and Barlaam of Calabria to the West, assuming that because the latter was charged with Latinization that his views must reflect those of the West. In the West we would rather pass over this debate and leave it as a mystery. But before I comment further, I would like you to discuss more in depth the concept of God’s energies. This is a terminology that we generally do not use, although it could just be a different term for some concept we hold in common.


19 posted on 08/29/2008 9:20:45 PM PDT by Petrosius
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