GodsNode

God the Word, was simultaneously ordering the universe & revealing Himself through bodily acts as man & God. From being born & taking food, He was recognized as being present in the body & by the extraordinary acts He did through the body He proved Himself to be the Son of God.

For since their strength lies not in their own teachings, they hunt for it in our weak points. And therefore they apply themselves to our –shall I say “misfortunes” or “failings”? – like flies to wounds. - Gregory of Nazianzus on disingenuous critics of the Gospel

Essence - Greek "Ousia" - the essence/being of God which is uncreated and beyond words. Energies - Greek "Energeia" - or his activities as actualized in the world that enable us to experience something of the Divine, at first through sensory perception and then intuitively.

Essence / Energy distinction.