Council of Constantinople 1351

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ecclesiastical council

The Council of Constantinople of 1351 was a Byzantine ecclesiastical synod that definitively endorsed Gregory Palamas’s hesychast theology and solidified the distinction between God’s essence and energies within Eastern Orthodox doctrine.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of Constantinople of 1351	2
Council of Constantinople 1341–1351	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical council ⓘ
affirmed	possibility of real participation in God through His energies ⓘ uncreated nature of divine energies ⓘ
approvedTheologyOf	Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1351 in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ 14th-century church councils ⓘ History of Constantinople ⓘ Palamism NERFINISHED ⓘ
century	14th century ⓘ
clarified	doctrinal status of hesychast prayer ⓘ relationship between apophatic theology and mystical experience ⓘ
condemned	Barlaamite positions ⓘ anti-Palamite theologians ⓘ
confession	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
convenedBy	Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
declaredOrthodox	Hesychasm NERFINISHED ⓘ the theology of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
defined	distinction between God’s essence and energies ⓘ
endorsedDoctrine	Hesychast theology ⓘ essence–energies distinction ⓘ
followed	Council of Constantinople 1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Eastern Orthodox understanding of divine grace ⓘ dogmatic teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesychasm NERFINISHED ⓘ essence–energies distinction NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	hesychast spiritual practice ⓘ later Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
location	Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Orthodox Church history ⓘ Palamite controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Patriarch Callistus I of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	Palamite Council NERFINISHED ⓘ local council ⓘ
rejected	Latin scholastic interpretations of grace in the Palamite controversy ⓘ identification of divine grace as created ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
result	final dogmatic victory of Palamism in Byzantium ⓘ formal integration of Palamite theology into Eastern Orthodox doctrine ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	reign of John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
year	1351 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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 1351 ⓘ

Hesychast controversy → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ

Palamite councils of Constantinople → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of 1351

essence–energies distinction → affirmedBy → Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of 1351

Council of Constantinople 879–880 → chronologicalSuccessor → Council of Constantinople 1351 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople 1341–1351