Tag: theosis
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Theosis is the Gospel: Direct Knowledge of God – Jay Dyer
For us there are no dialectics: creation is not set against divine energy and presence, but is in fact its intended telos. God thus manifests His uncreated glory in time and space and in multitudes of created forms: upon this hangs the reality of the Gospel and the reality of the Incarnation as a deification…
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Incarnation of the Logos – St. Athanasius (Partial Lecture)
Functioning as a perfect introduction to Orthodoxy, in this talk we will cover St. Athanasius’ famous work, On the Incarnation, which lays out the basics of Orthodoxy. From theosis to balanced Triadology, the Incarnation and Resurrection are the pillar doctrines of our faith and function as a golden chain based around the correct doctrine of…
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Pagan Religions & Perennialism Vs Orthodoxy – Jay Dyer
This second part includes the section of the video that failed to be processed correctly with an additional hour of my comments in response to Fr. Freeman’s email. I give my view of perennialism and how St. John of Damascus showed the means by which all religious systems boil down to a few basic starting…
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The Secret of All History is Found in The Book of Daniel – Jay Dyer
By: Jay Dyer One’s philosophy of history is determined by one’s worldview – and most people do not even consider their own philosophy of history, or even whether there is such a thing. Never the less, everyone has a philosophy history (and a philosophy overall), whether they know it or not. As we have seen…
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The Western Loss of Theophanies, Descent & Recapitulation of Christ
By: Jay Dyer “Thy mystery of the incarnation of the Word bears the power of all hidden meanings and figures of Scripture as well as the knowledge of visible and intelligible creatures. The one who knows the mystery of the cross and the tomb knows the reason of things. And the one who has been…
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Typology as Apologetic, Part 1
The High Priest. By: Jay Dyer The doctrine of typology is often overlooked as an apologetic principle. Apologetics generally consists of philosophical arguments, arguments from nature, arguments from mathematics, etc., but rarely considers argumentation from the texts of Scripture themselves. The reason for this is twofold, as biblical literacy is extremely low in our day,…
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Logos, Creation and the Wisdom of God
By: Jay Dyer “1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.4 In Him was life, and the life was the light…
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Analogy of Being, Atheism & the Logoi: Romanides Refuted
By: Jay Dyer “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” -Romans 1:20 Almost a decade ago I was confronted with a challenge to my Augustinian and Thomistic presuppositions.…
The Soul of the East 