The Professor's Blog

Question As an American, I have a very different attitude towards obedience than other Christians from cultures steeped in Orthodox tradition for centuries. Tailored for a non-monastic, living-in-society, American audience,...

Question  Why does psychology have no place in Orthodox theology and the spiritual life? Answer  The confusion of psychology with theology, in my opinion, is the result of approaching the...

Question Why does St. Sophrony speak of the limitations of English (and other Western European Languages) as a means of transmitting the Orthodox spirit? Answer On the Limitations of English...

Question Where can one find the Hagioritic Tomos of St. Gregory Palamas? Answer The Hagioritic Tomos (Ἁγιορειτικὸς Τόμος) of 1340–1341, is The Declaration of the Holy Mountain in Defense of...

Question  What do we do with quotes from saints such as st kokkinos in antirr. 5 pg151 880D saying “they (essence and energy) differ from each other conceptually but not...

Question What is the “circular” or “threefold movement" of the Mind referred to in St. Gregory Palamas’ Triads? Answer The “circular” or “threefold movement” of the mind (Gk. νοῦς, nous),...