tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post1448010591220237451..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Divine Simplicity and the Formal Distinction, Part 1Lee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-89003775866686370612019-05-12T22:38:00.666-04:002019-05-12T22:38:00.666-04:00Orthodox (at least not Palamas read properly) don’...Orthodox (at least not Palamas read properly) don’t take “beyond being” to be contrary to God’s being an infinite ocean of being. Rather, insofar as being is coextensive with intelligibility, and insofar as intelligibility is coextensive with a particular thing being in an intrinsic relation of comparisons and contrasts, God in His essence is beyond being because the actualities belonging to His essence and constituting that web of comparisons and contrasts flow from the essence. This is to say that the actualities- of which God has all- are not undifferentiated. Rather, they are infinitely differentiated, and God has all actualities in all their particularity. He does not merely radiate with white light containing all colors considered as one, but radiates with every particular and specific shade on the whole spectrum of color- there being infinite such shades. We say that God is infinite on account of His flowing so perfectly with the ocean of all being. The essence transcends that flow because it is the spring from which the endless ocean of being pours forth. Thomas Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996399571986376714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-16451549765957948452016-05-11T06:36:57.664-04:002016-05-11T06:36:57.664-04:00Greetings, Michael. It's been a long time sin...Greetings, Michael. It's been a long time since the old Pontifications blog. Please drop me a line: tigana99@hotmail.com<br /><br />Fr Alvin KimelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com