Orthodox Christian Ontology: Being is Communion (Self-Relation is Nothing)

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This video is an introductory presentation on the notion of "being as communion." In Orthodox Christian metaphysics, beings do not exist as self-enclosed, self-autonomous, or self-sufficient but as dependent upon the “energies” of God which sustain them. However, communion is not merely a created reality but an eternal one, as God Himself is a Triune communion. Since the source, pillar, and ground of all being is communion, it is an inescapable fact that being is communion.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 WHAT IS THE COMMUNAL ONTOLOGY?
01:10 THE HOLY TRINITY
04:03 CREATION IN COMMUNION
06:37 THE ONTOLOGY OF GENESIS 1
08:38 EUCHARISTIC TASK OF MAN
10:22 CHRIST AS TELOS OF CREATION