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Ousia (Essence/Nature)

Ousia (Essence/Nature), by Anonymous Russian icon painter (before 1917), Конец XV — начало XVI вв
Three Holy Hierarchs (Novgorod) Anonymous Russian icon painter (before 1917), Конец XV — начало XVI вв Public domain

The divine essence shared equally by all three Persons of the Trinity. God's essence is unknowable and incomprehensible to created beings; we know God through His energies, not His essence.

Sources

  • St. Basil the Great, Against Eunomius
  • St. Gregory Palamas, Triads for the Defense of the Holy Hesychasts archive.org

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