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September 16, 2025

The Uncreated Light of Transfiguration of Our Lord in St. Gregory Palamas’ Thought

Key Points

St. Theodore explores the defense of holy icons through apologetic rhetorical elements.
Three discourses highlight the relation to Christological dimensions anchored in Orthodox tradition.
Analyses show St. Theodore building on St. John Damascene's arguments to strengthen icon veneration.
The study provides insights into the historical defense mechanisms employed against iconoclasm.

Abstract

Dimo Penkov, St. Theodore Studites (759-826) and His Apologetical Approach in the Antirretics (Defense of the Icons). The author analyses the apologetic rhetorical elements in three discourses against those who deny the worship of holy icons. St. Theodore the Studite presents his refutations, which further develop and build upon the arguments of St. John Damascene. The saint outlines the fundamental Christological dimensions of the arguments put forth by Orthodox defenders of holy icons.

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Dimo Penkov (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4506b31b076d99fa5790f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.60061/fths.2020.1.7-22

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