Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas Stream: Hesychast Synods, Theosis, and Essence Energies Distinction
The Orthodox Church celebrates St. Gregory Palamas and the Hesychast Synods in its second sunday of lent. In this stream I talk briefly about the celebration of St. Gregory Palamas in the eastern rite, his defense of hesychasm and essence energies distinction.
Many Protestants use 1 Timothy 2:5 as an anti-ecclesial quote, this video explains the main purpose of St. Paul's statement about Christ being the one mediator in the sense that Christ mediates the two natures: Divinity and humanity in His hypostasis/person.
Mentioned this video: Essence Energies Distinction in the Bible https://youtu.be/xJvlo7X603w
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Notes to add: Domostroi goes back to pre 16th century too, it’s the basic family/domestic guide for Orthodox people in those times. Priests and monks endorsed it, transcribed it, copied it, Saints used it. It was also written by Priests themselves.
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This video was mostly as a response to the Neo-Feminist fake Orthodox, both man and woman,
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Praying to Saints is Christian and Biblical, and all Christians should do it. This video explains the logic, philosophy, and biblical principles behind praying to Saints and the Orthodox arguments surrounding it.
Many Protestants criticize praying to Saints, their main arguments are:
Praying to Saints is idolatry
Saints are dead
Just pray to God
Saints can't hear your prayers
And other such arguments, all of which are explained very clearly in this video.
The Orthodox Christian practice is also part of traditional and historical Christianity, but this video does not cover that aspect mainly because it's already very clearly there by the time of the 4th century and traces of it is evident starting from the time of the apostles and their students (See martyrdom of St. Polycarp for instance).
Although Roman Catholics and even Orientals believe in this practice as well, the theological explanation behind it due to the essence energy distinction is not present within those heresies, which is why praying to saints as an act of recognizing God's glory and grace in them is unique to Orthodoxy, since in Orthodoxy we believe that we partake of God's energies without mediation (and if there's such a mediation to speak of, it is the Word of God Himself, and not a separate uniquely created mediation).
Another potential argument is the "One Mediator" argument Protestants love to use, this argument is also refuted in this video I've made: https://youtu.be/iYnDt0VF_aw?si=GzEWrfy__asTmsek
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A good friend of mine joins me to talk about the spiritual climate in America and the recent happenings from a Orthodox Christian perspective.
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Certain skeptics of the Bible (mostly of unitarian and muslim confession) argue that the gospel authors do not claim that Christ is Divine. This video shows a very clear example from St. John the Forerunner that Christ is in fact the Divine Messiah according to all of the gospel authors!
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