Council of Constantinople 1347

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Byzantine ecclesiastical council ecumenical council

The Council of Constantinople of 1347 was a Byzantine ecclesiastical assembly that played a key role in adjudicating the theological disputes surrounding Gregory Palamas and the practice of hesychasm.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Constantinople 1347 canonical	1
Council of Constantinople of 1347	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine ecclesiastical council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ
addressedIssue	legitimacy of hesychast practice ⓘ orthodoxy of Palamite theology ⓘ
affects	doctrine of Eastern Orthodox spirituality ⓘ status of Gregory Palamas as Orthodox theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hesychast Council of 1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ
century	14th century ⓘ
chronologicalContext	reign of John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
churchTradition	Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictContext	Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ
convokedBy	John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
date	1347 ⓘ
follows	Council of Constantinople 1341 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry	Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Essence–energies distinction NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesychasm NERFINISHED ⓘ Palamism NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Isidore I of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ opponents of Gregory Palamas ⓘ supporters of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
partOf	Hesychast controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Council of Constantinople 1351 NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Patriarch Isidore I of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
result	condemnation of anti-Palamite positions ⓘ confirmation of hesychast theology ⓘ strengthening of Palamism in the Byzantine Church ⓘ vindication of Gregory Palamas ⓘ
significance	important event in Byzantine church history ⓘ key stage in the resolution of the hesychast controversy ⓘ
theologicalFocus	distinction between God’s essence and energies ⓘ mystical prayer ⓘ uncreated light ⓘ
typeOfEvent	theological council ⓘ

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

Hesychast controversy → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1347 ⓘ

Palamite councils of Constantinople → hasPart → Council of Constantinople 1347 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople of 1347