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The Cappadocian Fathers, Pt 3: The "Monarchy" of God the Father, Ep 18, Prof. Christopher Veniamin

June 30, 2024 The Mount Thabor Academy Season 3 Episode 18
The Cappadocian Fathers, Pt 3: The "Monarchy" of God the Father, Ep 18, Prof. Christopher Veniamin
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Mystical Theology: Introducing the Theology and Spiritual Life of the Orthodox Church
The Cappadocian Fathers, Pt 3: The "Monarchy" of God the Father, Ep 18, Prof. Christopher Veniamin
Jun 30, 2024 Season 3 Episode 18
The Mount Thabor Academy

Series: Mystical Theology 
Episode 18: The Cappadocian Fathers, Pt 3: The "Monarchy" of God the Father, Ep 18, Prof. Christopher Veniamin

In Part 3 of “The Cappadocian Fathers”, which is Episode 18 of our series in “Mystical Theology”, we present the doctrine of the “Monarchy” of the Father in the context of the mystery of the Triune God. 

Themes broached are listed in the Timestamps below. 

Q&As available in The Professor’s Blog: https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-professors-blog

Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022): https://mountthabor.com/products/saint-gregory-palamas-the-homilies ; The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016): https://mountthabor.com/products/the-orthodox-understanding-of-salvation-by-dr-christopher-veniamin ; and Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church: According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides, Vol. 1 (2012), Vol. 2 (repr. ed. 2020).

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Series: Mystical Theology 
Episode 18: The Cappadocian Fathers, Pt 3: The "Monarchy" of God the Father, Ep 18, Prof. Christopher Veniamin

In Part 3 of “The Cappadocian Fathers”, which is Episode 18 of our series in “Mystical Theology”, we present the doctrine of the “Monarchy” of the Father in the context of the mystery of the Triune God. 

Themes broached are listed in the Timestamps below. 

Q&As available in The Professor’s Blog: https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-professors-blog

Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022): https://mountthabor.com/products/saint-gregory-palamas-the-homilies ; The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016): https://mountthabor.com/products/the-orthodox-understanding-of-salvation-by-dr-christopher-veniamin ; and Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church: According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides, Vol. 1 (2012), Vol. 2 (repr. ed. 2020).

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Dr. Christopher Veniamin

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The Monarchy of the Father
Essence and Natural Energy
Generation and Procession
Consubstantiality = One Essence and Energy from the Father to Son and Spirit
Sempiternity = Before all Ages
Human language bound up with Time and implicit orders of rank
“Theologia” and “Economia”
One of the Holy Trinity became flesh
Orthodox theology = “Signposts”, “Pointers”, “Symbols”
Theology is Experience of God seen in the Saints
Distinctions within the Godhead
The Incarnation of God the Word
The Divine Eucharist
Three sets of characteristics
Hypostasis and Energy
Three hypostatic modes of existence
“Ta koina” (things shared) and “ta akoinonita” (things not shared)
The Father is “unbegotten”
The Son is “begotten”
The Spirit is “begotten”
Gregory the Theologian: “relation”
Augustine’s “relation” approach essentialist
“Precession” (Gk “ekporeusis”)
The “Monarchia” of God the Father
Reality of God transcends language, concepts and mind
Purpose of God’s creation of mankind
Appeal