Chapter Four: Knowing God
Moses asked to see God, and He answered him: “You cannot see my face, because man cannot see me and live... Then I will raise my hand and you will see […]
Chapter Three - Detailed Explanation of the Constitution: From “I Believe in One God” to “Has Adam’s Body Changed...?”
Let us now enter into the heart of the matter with faith, love, and trembling, because when talking about the Trinity, angels tremble at its horror. 1- “I believe in one God”
3:3 - Hypostasis
1 – لفظة شخص في العربية لقد تعرضنا مراراً في هذا الكتاب لموضوع الأقنوم فقطعنا شوطاً نحو ما سيأتي. وقبل
Chapter Four - The God of Advertising
Man cannot know the divine truth, that is, he cannot know the essence of God, but only knows the uncreated actions of God, that is, His effects. However, the Church tradition and the Holy Bible speak of specific appearances of God, the most important of which was His appearance to Abraham in the form of three angels. The Church Fathers say that this event is the first appearance of the Holy Trinity in the Old Testament.
Chapter Three - Divine Acts
ينبغي أن نميّز إذاً بين جوهر الله وبين أفعاله الإلهية. فالإنسان لا يستطيع أن يعرف جوهر الله، إنما بإمكانه أن يعرف أفعاله أو قدراته التي لا تنفصل عن جوهره. ولهذا شبّهها الآباء بشعاع الشمس الذي يعمل خارج نطاقها (الشمس) مع انه غير منفصل عنها
Chapter Seven: Saint Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers
The Church is of course “apostolic,” but it is also patristic. It is essentially the “Church of the Fathers.” These two “characteristics” cannot be separated, and because it is “patristic,” it is truly “apostolic.” The witness of the Fathers is more than a historical feature, more than a voice from the past.
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Saint Athanasius the Great
He is the twentieth Patriarch (Pope) [1] of the See of Alexandria. He is known as the “Protector of the Faith” and the “Father of Orthodoxy,” and he is one of the fathers who defend true and authentic surrender.
What is God? -He is unaware
What is God? - He is incomprehensible. Six attributes of God indicate that He has no body: - Therefore, He is
The possibility of knowing and seeing God
We saw that God's personal revelation of Himself took place through divine appearances, in various ways, before the patriarchs and prophets in the Old Testament.
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