Palamite controversy

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The Palamite controversy was a 14th-century theological dispute within Eastern Orthodoxy over Gregory Palamas’s defense of hesychast mysticism and the distinction between God’s unknowable essence and knowable energies.

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Palamite controversy canonical 2

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instanceOf Eastern Orthodox controversy ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
concerns distinction between God’s essence and energies ⓘ
nature of divine knowledge ⓘ
possibility of direct experience of God ⓘ
status of hesychast prayer ⓘ
uncreated light of the Transfiguration ⓘ
endTime 1350s ⓘ
followedBy long-term division between Palamite and anti-Palamite currents in Eastern Christianity ⓘ
hasDoctrinalOutcome Palamism ⓘ
hasEvent Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1347 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ
hasKeyConcept contemplative prayer ⓘ
divine essence ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
uncreated energies ⓘ
uncreated light ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasLocation Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ
hasMainProponent Gregory Palamas ⓘ
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
hasOpponent Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
Gregory Akindynos ⓘ
Nicephorus Gregoras ⓘ
historicalContext late Byzantine Empire ⓘ
influenced Eastern Orthodox doctrine of theosis ⓘ
later Eastern Orthodox spirituality ⓘ
involves Byzantine bishops ⓘ
hesychast monks ⓘ
imperial authorities ⓘ
isAbout interpretation of patristic theology ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and mystical experience ⓘ
mainTopic essence–energies distinction ⓘ
hesychasm ⓘ
partOf Byzantine theology ⓘ
precededBy debates over hesychast practices on Mount Athos ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
result condemnation of Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
condemnation of certain anti-Palamite theologians ⓘ
dogmatic formulation of the essence–energies distinction ⓘ
official acceptance of hesychasm in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
vindication of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
startTime 1330s ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ

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Council of Constantinople 1351 → partOf → Palamite controversy ⓘ