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The eminent Orthodox scholar and professor Dr. David Bradshaw, author of the well-known book Aristotle: East and West joins me and Lewis and Fr. Dcn Dr. Ananias to discuss all the hot topics – Aristotle and his different use in East and West, the Orthodox fathers and philosophy, the essence – energy distinction in Aristotle and beyond, the Logos and the Logoi, the western conception of simplicity in Aquinas and Roman Dogma, natural theology, and the critics.


We move on to cover the two cities allegory of St Augustine – the city of God and the city of man, as both progress from the early age of man. The city of God is the Church, and the city of man is the city of humanism and Satanism, under the dominion of the devil. We will move from Genesis 4 to 6 and touch upon the Nehphilim and the typology and meaning of the story of Noah. The full talks can be found by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the membership links.
 


Michael Lofton asks Jay about essence and energies, created and uncreated grace, authority in Orthodoxy, Gregory Palamas, Maximus the Confessor, among many other related topics!
“1. Sanctifying Grace is a created supernatural gift really distinct from God. (Sent. fidei proxima.” -Ludwig Ott
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In this talk we move to Continental Philosophy and examine its origins and presuppositions, as well as the contrast to analytical philosophy. From Aquinas to Kant, we see the breakdown of philosophy from nominalism to empiricism, leading to the dialectics in Hegel’s Absolute Idealism. In the second hour, we move to Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger.

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By: Jay Dyer

Jay Dyer is known for one of the premier film and philosophy sites on the net. Jay’s graduate work focused on the interplay of film, geopolitics, espionage and psychological warfare.  Jay is a public speaker, lecturer, comedian and author of the popular title Esoteric Hollywood: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film, which made it to Amazon’s No. 1 spot in its first month of release in the Film and Hollywood Category.  Known for his in-depth commentary and satire, he has appeared on numerous nationally syndicated radio and television shows.

 

Today we will continue to cover divine simplicity in the Roman view, the Orthodox view, the meanings of our terms, the revealed doctrines, the patristic usages, the essence – energy distinction, St John of Damascus but with a focus on St Sophronius, and the 6th council’s condemnations of Origenism on multiple grounds from St Sophronius’ confession, accepted at the 6th council. We will compare this to Origen’s doctrine of evil based on dialectics and how Peterson accepts this view and how this leads him to gnosticism and how it ties to evolutionary theory.

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By: Jay Dyer
St. Athanasius Uses theosis, the Theotokos, the Real Presence and the Single Subject Argument to Refute the Same Errors Calvinists and Evangelicals Preach:


The newly printed work of Vladimir Lossky from 1930 vindicates all the strong positions I have taken the last several years. In this discussion, we will cover the first half of the book in my review and analysis, while the second half will be available to JaysAnalysis subscribers.

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“When God was conversing with Moses, He did not say, “I am the essence”, but “I am the One Who is.” Thus it is not the One Who is who derives from the essence, but essence which derives from Him, for it is He who contains all being in Himself.” -St. Gregory Palamas, Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts, III.ii.12
By: Jay Dyer