autotheos

Here is what Polanus had to say on autotheos and the Father's communication of the divine essence to the Son in his generation: "Thirdly, it is said of God that he exists from himself; that is, that he has an essence existing from itself. For αὐτουσία, that is, an essence existing from itself...

The classic Western doctrine of the filioque states that, as Matthew Barrett puts it in his book, "Simply Trinity": This, however, doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. This seems confused to ground the generation of persons in the essence and not in the persons. Should not we say that the...

Good afternoon brethren, I'm putting together a list of sources on the άυτόθεος doctrine, or more specifically, whether the Son is begotten of the Father according to his essence. Enjoy!