Theology Papers

List of Theology papers available on "The Light of Mt. Tabor" website:



The Filioque Controversy:  From Blachernae to Florence


The Palamite Doctrine of God


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


Augustine of Hippo and the Theophanies of the Logos


St. Paul and the Resurrection of the Body


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


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


Grace as God's Uncreated Energy


St. Gregory Palamas and the Hesychasts


The Sin of Idolatry and the Catholic Concept of Iconic Participation


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


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


Tertullian and the Regula Fidei (added:  23 June 2021)


The Gospel Tradition:  Typology, Mythic Time, and the Historical Critical Method (added:  23 June 2021)


Theosis:  Man’s Deification by Grace (added:  23 June 2021)


The Importance of Icons in Eastern Christian Worship (added:  23 June 2021)


The Maternal Mediation of the Holy Theotokos (added:  26 July 2021)


The Christological Controversy of the Fifth Century (added:  26 July 2021)


The Mystery of the Liturgy:  The Meaning of Catholic Worship (added:  26 July 2021)


The Incarnational Nature of Divine Revelation (added:  26 July 2021)


Roman Catholicism and Islam (added:  26 July 2021)


The Person of Christ (added:  26 July 2021)


Orientalium Ecclesiarum the Magna Carta of the Eastern Churches (added:  26 July 2021)


Unitatis Redintegratio and the Desire to Restore Full Communion among all the Baptized (added:  26 July 2021)


Faith, Reason, Covenants and Grace in Catholic Theology (added:  1 August 2021)


The Historical Critical Method and Fr. Raymond Brown (added:  13 August 2022)


Book Review:  Karl Rahner’s “Inspiration in the Bible” (added:  13 August 2022)


The Interpretation of the Senses of Scripture (added:  15 August 2022)


St. Gregory of Nyssa (added:  10 July 2023)


Sacrifice and Deification:  The Goal of Eucharistic Worship (added:  22 December 2023)