Christian theologians tierlist (0-2000 A.D.)

[professorbarks]

We can all say Jesus himself is beyond S tier

[u_lightningwolf]

Not putting Aquinas in S tier is a crime

[komnennos]

Placing Calvin above and Luther in the same level as Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Cyril and Saint Thomas Aquinas is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen

[ryanvega]

nestorius being put on the same level as zwingli and john macarthur is so funny to me

[HarrisonLusk]

Putting Calvin above Aquinas and Luther is one of most insane things I’ve ever seen🤣.

[Cobainpowers]

Surprisingly, you didn't mention Jan Hus, he was the most influential proto-protestant.

[theheckplays]

As an ex mormon now an Orthodox catechumen, I can say that Gregory Palamas' Essence energies distinction is actually a great bulwark work against Mormonism.

Because the Mormon theology is not simply that man is turned into a god equal to God the father. But rather "as God now is man may be. As man now is God once was." (Common saying in Mormonism)

So really Mormonism believe's that God's nature and his essence is really no different from ours. Where's Palamas' theology makes the strongest distinction between our essence and the divine essence.

So to put it simply, Mormonism believes that God and man aren't different at all. That they are the same sort of creature. Orthodoxy and Palamas on the Other hand, believe that the difference between human essence and God in his essence is so great that even in Heaven we will not be able to see god in his essence. Let alone become what he is.

[GrammarPoliceBot]

SO THE FUN THING WITH THE SERPENT IS: HOW DOES A SERPENT

[Dominus]

One takeaway from this is that those who dive deep into Christian theology may develop a long beard!

[asentseto]

Putting Martin Luther on the same level as St. Cyril of Alexandria and St. John Chrysostom is so ridiculous🤦‍♂️

[Siil]

16:21 Saint Thomas should be totally S tier literally he wrote the best of metaphysic philosophy by adapting Aristotle, harmonize faith and reason, give fundamentals to the self-defense in ethics and the list goes on and on

[mj]

Do we want to give an honorable mention to St. Nicholas for slapping Arius at Nicaea?

[MarioGarcia-pxxi]

Putting Origen and Gregory Palamas in the same tier is crazy.

[imaboss]

I absolutely loved this! I’m an Arminian Baptist so we may disagree on some things but I love hearing your perspectives and learning new things

[EscapetoFaith]

Great video Zoomer, always great to hear your personal views and your explanations.

I must say that I always get a chuckle when you made comments to the spirit of "it is important for us to re-take our existing institutions instead of starting something new" due to your being in a denomination that is built on the structure of leaving the existing institution to make something new.

I hope that we get a chance to have a collab and discuss points like this together in future video's!

[Ipraypsalm]

St. John Chrysostom and St. Cyril in the same level as Luther! Very funny, when is the real list coming out?

[Dominus]

C.S. Lewis, Martin Luther, Aqunias, Anselm, and Augustine are my favorites.

[thecheesegatherer]

St. Gregory Palamas did not teach that we BECOME uncreated, some people may misunderstand it as such but that doesn't mean it is what he truly taught. Rather he taught through Theosis we may partake in the uncreated energies NOT the divine essence. Though analogies aren't always perfect representations I'll use one here, when we stand in the sun we partake of it's rays but by partaking in them we don't ourselves become part of the rays of the sun in the same way we can partake in God's energies without fusing with them.

[electrolytics]

Thank you RZ. Appreciate all the work you do.

[zempov]

When even Nestorius is higher ranked than Zwingli xD