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Another City

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More Articles by George Mantazaridis

God’s Commandments as Divine Energies

January 22, 2019 / George Mantzaridis

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt, 1659

Drawing upon the Patristic distinction between God’s transcendent and hidden essence (ousia), and His energies (energeia,) which are operative and manifest throughout creation, we can understand God’s commandments not as formal dictates but as His own energies addressing us personally and inviting us to be “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4) … [Read more...] about God’s Commandments as Divine Energies

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