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Gregory Palamas, St
Gregory Palamas, St (c.1296–1359). Greek theologian and chief exponent of hesychasm. Nobly born and well-educated, he became a monk, and c.1318 went to Mount Athos where he became familiar with hesychasm. With the advance of the Turks he fled to Thessalonica where he was ordained priest in 1326, and consecrated archbishop of Thessalonica in 1347. His fame stems from his controversy with Barlaam of Calabria, which began in 1337, over the nature of Christian contemplation. Against Barlaam's extreme statement of God's unknowability, he insisted, in his Triads in Defence of the Holy Hesychasts (c. 1338), that God really communicates knowledge of himself to humans, and that the experience of the uncreated light of the Godhead in contemplation, claimed by the hesychast monks, is veridical. Although initially Palamas was condemned, he was vindicated by councils at Constantinople in 1347 and 1351 and canonized in 1363. Feast days in E., 14 Nov. and the 2nd Sunday in Lent.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-GregoryPalamasSt.html JOHN BOWKER. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-GregoryPalamasSt.html |
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Gregory Palamas, St
Gregory Palamas, St (c.1296–1359), Greek theologian and exponent of Hesychasm. He was a monk of Mt Athos. In 1337 he became involved in controversy with Barlaam, a monk from Calabria, who stated the doctrine of God's unknowability in an extreme form. In answer to Barlaam's attack on the contemplative practices of the Hesychasts, Gregory wrote the Triads in defence of the Holy Hesychasts. He later produced a more succinct exposition of his theology, the One Hundred and Fifty Chapters. He argued that the physical exercises used by the Hesychasts in prayer, as well as their claim to see the Divine Light with their bodily eyes, could be defended in virtue of the biblical notion of man as a single whole, body and soul together. In 1347 he was consecrated Abp. of Thessalonica. Feast day in the E., 14 Nov.; also the second Sunday in Lent.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GregoryPalamasSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gregory Palamas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GregoryPalamasSt.html |
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Palamas, St Gregory
Palamas, St Gregory. See GREGORY PALAMAS, ST.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Palamas, St Gregory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Palamas, St Gregory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PalamasStGregory.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Palamas, St Gregory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PalamasStGregory.html |
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