Empirical Theology; OT-NT-Orthodox continuity
Lest glorification/divinization be equated with a mystical ecstasy, it will suffice to say here that the true experience always contains a revelation of the Holy Trinity in uncreated glory. In the realization that there is no similarity between the uncreated and the created, the following are apprehended:
- The co-inherence of the three divine persons;
- The existence of two divine persons [ie, the Son and the Holy Spirit] from one divine person [ie, the Father];
- A common essence is shared by the persons;
- The essence is incommunicable, while the energies are communicable;
- Although the energies are communicable, they are not understandable;
- Not only the divine essence, but the energy have no similarity with anything. And, if the revelation has occurred after the Incarnation,
- Christ is the natural source of divinization.
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