John Romanides
Greek Orthodox theologian and scholar of patristics, influential in 20th-century Eastern Orthodox theology and known for his work on Palamism and the distinction between God's essence and energies.
Books
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1. Patristic Theology
A dense, historically grounded presentation of Eastern patristic theology that argues the core Christian experience is theosis—participation in God through uncreated divine energies rather than intellectual assent to doctrinal formulas. It emphasizes the experiential and liturgical character of salvation, the ontological distinction between God’s unknowable essence and his communicable energies, and the centrality of ascetic and hesychast practice for attaining union with God. The work also critiques Western theological developments that, in the author’s view, misconstrue patristic sources and downplay experiential knowledge, urging a return to the Greek Fathers as the authentic matrix of Orthodox theology and soteriology.
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