Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The doctrine of the divine energies in so-called "Palamism" is very controversial and seen as a 14th century innovation, but it in fact has a very strong scriptural basis for its existence, this video aims to explore this by looking at various biblical passages that uses the word "energy" and its forms.
Dr. David Bradshaw, The Divine Energies in the New Testament: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719360951752851519/782066333914628126/The_Divine_Energies_in_the_New_Testamen.pdf
Timestamps
0:00 Intro & What Is "Divine Energy"?
5:37 Receiving an Energy (Energoumeni/Energeisthai)
7:48 The Relationship between Energy and Power
10:30 Energeia and Energein
10:55 Ephesians 1:19-20
11:55 Ephesians 3:7
12:50 Ephesians 4:16
13:32 Philippians 3:21
14:12 Colossians 1:29 [IMPORTANT]
15:55 Colossians 2:12
16:23 2 Thessalonians 2:9
17:40 2 Thessalonians 2:11
17:51 Matthew 14:2 & Mark 6:14
19:46 1 Corinthians 12:6 [IMPORTANT]
20:41 1 Corinthians 12:10-11
21:33 St. John Chrysostom on 1 Corinthians 12:11
24:14 Galatians 2:8
26:16 Galatians 3:5
27:42 Ephesians 1:11
28:35 Ephesians 2:2
29:06 Philippians 2:12-13
30:18 Romans 7:5
32:04 2 Corinthians 1:6
32:20 St. John Chrysostom on 2 Corinthians 1:6
33:16 2 Corinthians 4:12
33:38 James 5:16 [IMPORTANT]
34:19 St. Maximus the Confessor on James 5:16 [IMPORTANT]
36:15 Galatians 5:6 [IMPORTANT]
36:38 Martin Luther Refuted on Galatians 5:6
41:13 Ephesians 3:20
41:42 1 Thessalonians 2:13
42:22 2 Thessalonians 2:7
42:58 Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 [IMPORTANT]
46:14 Isaiah 11:2 & St. Gregory the Theologian's Commentary [IMPORTANT]
47:52 The Transfiguration
49:03 St. John of Damascus on the Transfiguration [IMPORTANT]
49:55 Exodus 33 [IMPORTANT]
51:53 St. Gregory the Theologian on Exodus 33:23 [IMPORTANT]
57:11 Genesis 2:2 & St. Maximus the Confessor
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The doctrine of the divine energies in so-called "Palamism" is very controversial and seen as a 14th century innovation, but it in fact has a very strong scriptural basis for its existence, this video aims to explore this by looking at various biblical passages that uses the word "energy" and its forms.
Dr. David Bradshaw, The Divine Energies in the New Testament: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719360951752851519/782066333914628126/The_Divine_Energies_in_the_New_Testamen.pdf
Timestamps
0:00 Intro & What Is "Divine Energy"?
5:37 Receiving an Energy (Energoumeni/Energeisthai)
7:48 The Relationship between Energy and Power
10:30 Energeia and Energein
10:55 Ephesians 1:19-20
11:55 Ephesians 3:7
12:50 Ephesians 4:16
13:32 Philippians 3:21
14:12 Colossians 1:29 [IMPORTANT]
15:55 Colossians 2:12
16:23 2 Thessalonians 2:9
17:40 2 Thessalonians 2:11
17:51 Matthew 14:2 & Mark 6:14
19:46 1 Corinthians 12:6 [IMPORTANT]
20:41 1 Corinthians 12:10-11
21:33 St. John Chrysostom on 1 Corinthians 12:11
24:14 Galatians 2:8
26:16 Galatians 3:5
27:42 Ephesians 1:11
28:35 Ephesians 2:2
29:06 Philippians 2:12-13
30:18 Romans 7:5
32:04 2 Corinthians 1:6
32:20 St. John Chrysostom on 2 Corinthians 1:6
33:16 2 Corinthians 4:12
33:38 James 5:16 [IMPORTANT]
34:19 St. Maximus the Confessor on James 5:16 [IMPORTANT]
36:15 Galatians 5:6 [IMPORTANT]
36:38 Martin Luther Refuted on Galatians 5:6
41:13 Ephesians 3:20
41:42 1 Thessalonians 2:13
42:22 2 Thessalonians 2:7
42:58 Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 [IMPORTANT]
46:14 Isaiah 11:2 & St. Gregory the Theologian's Commentary [IMPORTANT]
47:52 The Transfiguration
49:03 St. John of Damascus on the Transfiguration [IMPORTANT]
49:55 Exodus 33 [IMPORTANT]
51:53 St. Gregory the Theologian on Exodus 33:23 [IMPORTANT]
57:11 Genesis 2:2 & St. Maximus the Confessor
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