St Maximus the Confessor, Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

St Maximus the Confessor, Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ: Ἑκατοντὰς Α΄. St Maximus the Confessor, Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ: Ἑκατοντὰς Β΄.

Christos Giannaras, Πρόσωπο καὶ ἔρως, §11: The truth as relation.

Relatedly, then, with the problem of essence or of Being (τὸ Εἶναι), and so that there be discovered the transcendence of ontic-intellectual determinations could preserve here the expressions of Heidegger concerning manifestation (ἡ φανέρωση) and the nothing (τὸ μηδέν) as the unique ways with which we understand Being in temporality. However, with the ontological presuppositions… Continue reading Christos Giannaras, Πρόσωπο καὶ ἔρως, §11: The truth as relation.

St John of Damascus, Φιλοσοφικὰ κεφάλαια.

Τῷ ὁσιωτάτῳ καὶ θεοτιμήτῳ Κοσμᾷ, ἁγιωτάτῳ ἐπισκόπῳ τοῦ Μαιουμᾶ, Ἰωάννης μοναχός. Τὸ μὲν στενὸν τῆς διανοίας καὶ τὸ ἄπορον τῆς γλώσσης τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιστάμενος ὤκνουν, ὦ μακάριοι, τοῖς ὑπὲρ δύναμιν ἐγχειρεῖν καὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων κατατολμᾶν ὥσπερ τις αὐθάδης καὶ τολμητίας τὸν ἐπηρτημένον τοῖς τὰ τοιαῦτα τολμῶσιν ὑφορώμενος κίνδυνον. Εἰ γὰρ Μωυσῆς, ἐκεῖνος ὁ θεῖος νομοθέτης,… Continue reading St John of Damascus, Φιλοσοφικὰ κεφάλαια.

St John of Damascus, Ἔκδοσις ἀκριβὴς τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως

1. Ὅτι ἀκατάληπτον τὸ θεῖον καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ζητεῖν καὶ περιεργάζεσθαι τὰ μὴ παραδεδομένα ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν καὶ ἀποστόλων καὶ εὐαγγελιστῶν. «Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε. Ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς ὁ ὢν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ πατρός, αὐτὸς ἐξηγήσατο». Ἄρρητον οὖν τὸ θεῖον καὶ ἀκατάληπτον. «Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐπιγινώσκει τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός, οὐδὲ τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ… Continue reading St John of Damascus, Ἔκδοσις ἀκριβὴς τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως