Homilies

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Christian spiritual text sermon collection theological work

Homilies is a collection of theological and spiritual sermons by the 14th-century Byzantine theologian and mystic Gregory Palamas, reflecting his teachings on prayer, divine grace, and the experience of God.

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Label Occurrences
Homilies canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian spiritual text ⓘ
sermon collection ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine theology ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine mysticism

Hesychasm ⓘ
audience Christian faithful ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
monastics ⓘ
author St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ
surface form: Gregory Palamas
centuryOfComposition 14th century ⓘ
doctrinalTheme deification (theosis) ⓘ
grace and human freedom ⓘ
interior prayer ⓘ
uncreated energies of God ⓘ
emphasizes inner transformation ⓘ
participation in divine life ⓘ
practical spiritual guidance ⓘ
genre homiletic literature ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
historicalContext Hesychast controversy ⓘ
surface form: Palamite controversy
influenced later Orthodox spiritual writers ⓘ
influencedBy Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
St. Maximus the Confessor ⓘ
surface form: Maximus the Confessor

Patristic theology ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
laterActivity translated into modern languages ⓘ
literaryForm exhortation ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
partOf Gregory Palamas’s corpus ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
preservation manuscript tradition ⓘ
relatedTo Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts ⓘ
surface form: Triads (Gregory Palamas)
religiousSubject Christian life ⓘ
ascetic practice ⓘ
contemplative prayer ⓘ
divine light ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
statusInTradition respected patristic text ⓘ
theologicalFocus divine grace ⓘ
experience of God ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Orthodox mystical theology ⓘ
usedIn Eastern Orthodox preaching ⓘ
monastic spiritual formation ⓘ

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St. Gregory Palamas → notableWork → Homilies ⓘ
subject surface form: Gregory Palamas
St. → notableWork → Homilies ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Gregory Palamas