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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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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Gregory Palamas notableWork Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
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
linked to: Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
Homilies relatedTo Triads (Gregory Palamas)
linked to: Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
Byzantine theology hasKeyText Triads of Gregory Palamas
linked to: Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts