Theology Papers

List of Theology papers available on "The Taboric Light" website:



01 - The Filioque Controversy:  From Blachernae to Florence


02 - The Palamite Doctrine of God


03 - Divine Transcendence and Immanence and the Distinction Between the Essence and Energies of God


04 - Augustine of Hippo and the Theophanies of the Logos


05 - St. Paul and the Resurrection of the Body


06 - The Conversion of St. Paul and the Unity of Christ and the Church


07 - Book Review:  The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Theology of Gregory Palamas


08 - Grace as God's Uncreated Energy


09 - St. Gregory Palamas and the Hesychasts


10 - The Sin of Idolatry and the Catholic Concept of Iconic Participation


11 - The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification:  True Consensus or an Agreement to Disagree


12 - The Debate Occasioned by Lumen Gentium 25 Regarding the Authority of the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium


13 - Tertullian and the Regula Fidei


14 - The Gospel Tradition:  Typology, Mythic Time, and the Historical Critical Method


15 - Theosis: Man’s Deification by Grace


16 - The Importance of Icons in Eastern Christian Worship


17 - The Maternal Mediation of the Holy Theotokos


18 - The Christological Controversy of the Fifth Century


19 - The Mystery of the Liturgy:  The Meaning of Catholic Worship


20 - The Incarnational Nature of Divine Revelation


21 - Roman Catholicism and Islam


22 - The Person of Christ


23 - Faith, Reason, Covenants and Grace in Catholic Theology


24 - Orientalium Ecclesiarum the Magna Carta of the Eastern Churches


25 - Unitatis Redintegratio and the Desire to Restore Full Communion among all the Baptized


26 - The Historical Critical Method and Fr. Raymond Brown (link to sister site)


27 - Book Review:  Karl Rahner’s “Inspiration in the Bible” (link to sister site)


28 - The Interpretation of the Senses of Scripture (link to sister site)


29 - St. Gregory of Nyssa (link to sister site)


30 - Sacrifice and Deification:  The Goal of Eucharistic Worship (link to sister site)