Two energies of Christ?

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He isn't fully human, and human energies are therefore not deified, which means theosis is impossible.
Oh, so I misunderstood that. Thanks for clarifying.

Could you explain to me what differs in the energies of divine and human; how do the Divine Energy and Human Energy differ in relation?
 
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If Wikipedia is right, the energies thing started as an attempted compromise to reconcile non-Chalcedonians. The compromise was apparently two natures but one energy. That compromise failed. The next one was one will. That also failed.

There are two natures and two wills in Christ. I know that the Human Will perfectly followed the Divine Will. I know that the Divine Nature sanctified the Divine Nature in the One Person (hypostasis) of Christ. However, I’m still trying to figure out how the energies function together. This may be a mystery that I can’t solve with rational understanding, but, if there is a way to understand it I’d like to know for the benefit of salvation.
 
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Oh, so I misunderstood that. Thanks for clarifying.

Could you explain to me what differs in the energies of divine and human; how do the Divine Energy and Human Energy differ in relation?

Divine are eternal, single, spaceless, etc. the human submits to the Divine.
 
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If Wikipedia is right, the energies thing started as an attempted compromise to reconcile non-Chalcedonians. The compromise was apparently two natures but one energy. That compromise failed. The next one was one will. That also failed.

correct, because you find two energies and wills in earlier common Fathers.
 
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