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“'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your God' (Jn. 20:!7). He is our Father by grace through the Spirit of adoption (Rom. 8:15), but His Father by nature on account of His divinity. Similarly, He is our God as the creator of our human nature, but His God by reason of the dispensation whereby He became man. He made these distinctions so that we might understand the difference.”

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Gregory Palamas

St. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) was an influential Orthodox theologian and philosopher. He is known for his doctrine of the Uncreated Light, which had a profound impact on the development of Orthodox theology. more

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