Since, as is verifiably stated in the Essence-Energies article, some Western scholars maintain that there is no conflict between the essence-energies distinction and Roman Catholic thought; according to G. Philips, the essence-energies distinction is a typical example of a perfectly admissible theological pluralism that is compatible with the Roman Catholic magisterium; Jeffrey D. Finch claims that the future of East-West rapprochement appears to be overcoming the modern polemics of neo-scholasticism and neo-Palamism; and some Western theologians have incorporated the essence-energies distinction into their own thinking, it seems that the denial of a real distinction between the attributes and the essence of God is no obstacle to acceptance of an essence-energies distinction.  