Palamite controversy
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The Palamite controversy was a 14th-century theological dispute within Eastern Orthodoxy over Gregory Palamas’s defense of hesychast mysticism and the distinction between God’s unknowable essence and knowable energies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox controversy
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theological controversy ⓘ |
| concerns |
distinction between God’s essence and energies
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nature of divine knowledge ⓘ possibility of direct experience of God ⓘ status of hesychast prayer ⓘ uncreated light of the Transfiguration ⓘ |
| endTime | 1350s ⓘ |
| followedBy | long-term division between Palamite and anti-Palamite currents in Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalOutcome | Palamism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Council of Constantinople 1341
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Council of Constantinople 1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Constantinople 1351 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
contemplative prayer
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divine essence ⓘ theosis ⓘ uncreated energies ⓘ uncreated light ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
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Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Athos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainProponent | Gregory Palamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpponent |
Barlaam of Calabria
NERFINISHED
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Gregory Akindynos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicephorus Gregoras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Eastern Orthodox doctrine of theosis
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later Eastern Orthodox spirituality ⓘ |
| involves |
Byzantine bishops
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hesychast monks ⓘ imperial authorities ⓘ |
| isAbout |
interpretation of patristic theology
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relationship between philosophy and mystical experience ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
essence–energies distinction
NERFINISHED
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hesychasm ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | debates over hesychast practices on Mount Athos ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
condemnation of Barlaam of Calabria
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condemnation of certain anti-Palamite theologians ⓘ dogmatic formulation of the essence–energies distinction ⓘ official acceptance of hesychasm in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ vindication of Gregory Palamas ⓘ |
| startTime | 1330s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
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