Hesychast controversy

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14th-century event Eastern Orthodox theological dispute mystical dispute religious controversy theological controversy

The Hesychast controversy was a 14th-century theological and mystical dispute within the Eastern Orthodox Church over the nature of divine light and the practice of contemplative prayer, most notably associated with Gregory Palamas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hesychast controversy canonical	3
Palamite controversy	3
Byzantine Hesychast controversy	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	14th-century event ⓘ Eastern Orthodox theological dispute ⓘ mystical dispute ⓘ religious controversy ⓘ theological controversy ⓘ
concerns	distinction between essence and energies of God ⓘ nature of divine light ⓘ possibility of experiencing God directly ⓘ validity of Hesychast prayer practices ⓘ
endTime	1350s ⓘ
hasAspect	debate over apophatic theology ⓘ debate over uncreated vs created light ⓘ debate over use of philosophy in theology ⓘ
hasPart	Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ Council of Constantinople 1347 ⓘ Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ Andronikos III Palaiologos ⓘ surface form: Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ surface form: Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos Gregory Akindynos ⓘ St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ surface form: Gregory Palamas Patriarch John XIV Kalekas ⓘ
historicalContext	Late Byzantine period ⓘ surface form: late Byzantine Empire
influenced	Byzantine theology ⓘ Palamism ⓘ later Eastern Orthodox spirituality ⓘ
involvesPractice	Jesus Prayer ⓘ bodily techniques in prayer ⓘ inner stillness ⓘ
keyFigureRole	Barlaam of Calabria as critic of Hesychasm ⓘ Gregory Palamas as chief defender of Hesychasm ⓘ
languageOfDiscussion	Greek ⓘ
location	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Mount Athos ⓘ
mainTopic	Hesychasm ⓘ contemplative prayer ⓘ divine light ⓘ uncreated light ⓘ
opposedView	Barlaamite criticism of Hesychasm ⓘ
outcomeDocument	Tomos of 1351 ⓘ
relatedTo	Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
result	affirmation of Hesychast spirituality ⓘ condemnation of Barlaam’s teachings ⓘ dogmatic formulation of essence–energies distinction ⓘ vindication of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
startTime	1330s ⓘ
supportedView	Palamite defense of Hesychasm ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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St. Gregory Palamas → participantIn → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

subject surface form: Gregory Palamas

hesychast tradition → controversy → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

St. → subjectOf → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Gregory Palamas

this entity surface form: Palamite controversy

Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → historicalPeriod → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Hesychast controversy

Homilies → historicalContext → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palamite controversy

Gregory Akindynos → controversy → Hesychast controversy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palamite controversy

Palamite councils of Constantinople → seeAlso → Hesychast controversy ⓘ