God has multiple action, some are eternal, some have a beginning. That's a mischaracterisation of Palamas that we already dealt with a while ago against muslims. And i agree Pino could have used more precise language. Let's see what is it all about ?
see my thread against the muslim
So there are two distinction to bear in mind :
First, the distinction between dynamis and energeia (although of course vocabulary may vary)
God is for ever all powerful, capable of all acts (dynamis) but he isn't eternally doing all of his energies (energeias)
First, the distinction between dynamis and energeia (although of course vocabulary may vary)
God is for ever all powerful, capable of all acts (dynamis) but he isn't eternally doing all of his energies (energeias)
This is quite obviously established by Palamas in Triads III, II, 6, adknowledging the varying vocabulary, and the very point i'm making here : all dynamis are eternal, wich isn't the case of energeias, only some are eternals
In Triads III, II, 7 he goes on quoting the earlier fathers on the same subject :
- wich energies (called essential energies) are eternal
- how they are distinct from God's essence
- wich energies (called essential energies) are eternal
- how they are distinct from God's essence
And then, in Triads III, II, 8, he establishes more precisly the second distinction that i'm talking about : the distinction between the eternal energies, and the beginning energies, both of them uncreated and distinct from the essence of god alike
On an ending note, Pino is understanding quite well the distinction between energy and dynamis in palamas, and knowing of the same vocoabulary (dynamis can be called energy). If you read the preceeding chapter, you wouldn't have tried such a petty equivocation on actus purus.
So to sum up
I'm using the dynamis vs energy terminology, and in brackets the energy (= dynamis) vs actualized energy
- God's dynamis [energies] are eternal
- Some of god's energies are eternal [eternally actualized] some other are with a beginning [actualized at some time]
I'm using the dynamis vs energy terminology, and in brackets the energy (= dynamis) vs actualized energy
- God's dynamis [energies] are eternal
- Some of god's energies are eternal [eternally actualized] some other are with a beginning [actualized at some time]
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