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Dr. Nathan Jacobs discusses the Eastern Church Fathers’ view on the relationship between God and the universe, focusing on the essence-energy distinction.
In this week's episode, Dr. Nathan Jacobs explains the Eastern Church Fathers’ view on the relationship between God and the world. The key to understanding the Eastern Christian position on whether the universe, or part of the universe, is equivalent with God lies with what's called the essence-energy distinction. Please support the East West series: http://theeastwestseries.com/ Leave a comment on Youtube: https://youtu.be/gJpY--74zfg Do you like this content? Join Jacobs Premium to get exclusive access to written essays, exclusive lecture series, monthly Q&A Zoom calls, and our book club. Use code: LEWIS to get a discount: https://www.thenathanjacobspodcast.com/ ====================================== All the links: The Theological Letters Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanandrewjacobs Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs Listen and please review the podcast elsewhere: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast
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Host: Dr. Nathan Jacobs
Topics covered
- Eastern Church Fathers
- God and the world
- essence-energy distinction
- Eastern Christian position
- philosophy of religion
Keywords
- Eastern Church Fathers
- God
- universe
- essence-energy distinction
- Eastern Christianity
- philosophy
- theology
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