Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts

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Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts is a foundational 14th-century theological work by Gregory Palamas that articulates and defends the mystical practice and doctrine of hesychasm within Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological treatise ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox theological text ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
affirms real distinction between God’s essence and energies ⓘ
associatedMonasticTradition Mount Athos ⓘ
associatedPerson Gregory Palamas ⓘ
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
associatedWithCouncil Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ
Hesychast Councils of Constantinople ⓘ
author Gregory Palamas ⓘ
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
centralConcept inner stillness ⓘ
participation in divine energies ⓘ
prayer of the heart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 14th century ⓘ
defends hesychast monks ⓘ
practice of the Jesus Prayer ⓘ
vision of the uncreated light ⓘ
genre apologetic work ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ
hasEnglishTitleVariant The Triads ⓘ
Triads for the Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine Hesychast controversy ⓘ
influenced Eastern Orthodox mystical theology ⓘ
later Palamite theology ⓘ
intendedAudience Byzantine theologians ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
mainSubject contemplative prayer ⓘ
essence–energies distinction ⓘ
hesychasm ⓘ
linked to: Hesychasm

mystical theology ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
uncreated light ⓘ
numberOfParts 9 ⓘ
opponent Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
significance foundational text for Palamite doctrine ⓘ
key source for understanding hesychast spirituality ⓘ
major work of late Byzantine theology ⓘ
structure three groups of three treatises ⓘ
theologicalPosition affirmation of apophatic theology ⓘ
critique of rationalist approaches to God ⓘ
defense of experiential knowledge of God ⓘ
theologicalTradition Palamism ⓘ
writtenInResponseTo Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ

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subject linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
St. Gregory Palamas → notableWork → Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
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Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → hasEnglishTitleVariant → Triads for the Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
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linked to: Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
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Palamism → coreSourceTexts → Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
The Triads → alternativeName → Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1341 → relatedWork → Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ