Council of Constantinople 1341

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Byzantine synod ecclesiastical council

The Council of Constantinople of 1341 was a Byzantine ecclesiastical synod that played a central role in the Hesychast controversy, affirming Gregory Palamas’s defense of hesychast theology and shaping Eastern Orthodox doctrine on divine energies.

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Label Occurrences
Council of Constantinople 1341 canonical 2
Council of Constantinople of 1341 1
Council of Constantinople of August 1341 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine synod ⓘ
ecclesiastical council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palamite Council of 1341 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Synod of Constantinople 1341 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
convokedBy Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
followedBy Council of Constantinople 1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 1351 NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldIn Hagia Sophia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
issue accusations of heresy against Gregory Palamas ⓘ
knowability of God through uncreated energies ⓘ
legitimacy of hesychast prayer practices ⓘ
nature of the Tabor Light ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and theology ⓘ
teachings of Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
languageOfWork Medieval Greek ⓘ
location Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Hesychasm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palamism NERFINISHED ⓘ
divine energies ⓘ
essence–energies distinction NERFINISHED ⓘ
theology of prayer and contemplation ⓘ
participant Barlaam of Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isidore Buchiras NERFINISHED ⓘ
John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Byzantine bishops ⓘ
partOf Hesychast controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedBy Patriarch John XIV Kalekas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts NERFINISHED ⓘ
writings of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
result Barlaam’s return to the West ⓘ
Barlaam’s teachings declared erroneous ⓘ
affirmation of hesychast theology ⓘ
affirmation of the essence–energies distinction ⓘ
condemnation of Barlaam of Calabria ⓘ
doctrinal decisions favoring Palamite theology ⓘ
vindication of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
significance formative for Eastern Orthodox doctrine of divine energies ⓘ
foundation for later Palamite councils ⓘ
key stage in the Hesychast controversy ⓘ
startTime 1341 ⓘ
temporalContext reign of Andronikos III Palaiologos ⓘ
theologicalPositionAffirmed possibility of direct experience of God’s uncreated energies ⓘ
real distinction between God’s essence and energies ⓘ
uncreated nature of the Tabor Light ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
Hesychast controversy → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
Palamite councils of Constantinople → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of June 1341
Palamite councils of Constantinople → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of August 1341
essence–energies distinction → affirmedBy → Council of Constantinople 1341 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of 1341