Question
Using a concept from Scotus, Gennadios Scholarios argued that these things were only formally distinct from the thing described as “unknowable” and “beyond our reach” in Basil’s Letter 234. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these things, which, though divine, are knowable and participable. Many Thomists deny the real existence of these things, supposing that they violate divine simplicity.
ANSWER: divine energies [or divine activities; or divine actualities; or energeiai]
[10m] Byzantine theologian Gregory Palamas distinguished the divine energies from this aspect of God. In Aristotelian metaphysics, this element of an individual always remains even when its accidental properties change.
ANSWER: ousia [or essence; or substance; reject “nature” or “phusis”]
[10e] Defenders of the essence-energies distinction argue that it is necessary to understand the contingency of this action, which classical theists believe was a free act that occurred ex nihilo.
ANSWER: creation [accept creation ex nihilo]
<JF, Philosophy (Ancient / Medieval)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | The Chard Problem of Consciousness | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Goldman & Jackson | Water Buffalo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Knox et al | Fable of the Miis | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | Three Cantabrigians | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 75% | 100% | 25% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | N | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | N | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |