Palamism
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Palamas Palamism or the Palamite theology comprises the teachings of Saint Gregory Palamas (c. 1296 – 1359), whose writings defended the Eastern Orthodox practice of Hesychasm against the attack of Barlaam. Followers of Palamas are sometimes referred to as Palamites.
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- Background
- Contemplative prayer
- Hesychasm
- Development of the doctrine
- Early conflict between Barlaam and Palamas
- Barlaam's attack on Hesychasm
- The First Triad
- The Hagioritic Tome
- The Second Triad
- The Third Triad
- Role in the Byzantine civil war
- Hesychast councils at Constantinople
- Recognition that Palamas is in Accordance with the Earlier Church Fathers
- The doctrine
- Synodikon of the Sunday of Orthodoxy
- Essence–energies distinction
- Theosis
- Theoria
- Hesychasm
- Tabor Light
- Influence on the East–West Schism
- Initial Western reactions
- First encounter with the West
- Essence and energies distinction
- Confusion with Quietism
- Continuance into early 20th century
- Modern rediscovery of Palamas
- Among Orthodox theologians
- Among Western theologians
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright|Palamas Palamism or the Palamite theology comprises the teachings of Saint Gregory Palamas (c. 1296 – 1359), whose writings defended the Eastern Orthodox practice of Hesychasm against the attack of Barlaam. Followers of Palamas are sometimes referred to as Palamites.
Seeking to defend the assertion that humans can become like God through deification without compromising God's transcendence, Palamas distinguished between God's inaccessible essence and the energies through which he becomes known and enables others to share his divine life. The central idea of the Palamite theology is a distinction between the divine essence and the divine energies that is not a merely conceptual distinction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palamism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.