HEZICHASTŲ KONTROVERSIJA VĖLYVOJOJE BIZANTIJOJE: GRIGALIAUS PALAMOS DEBATAS SU AKINDYNU, 1341-1347 m.
The Hesychastic Controversy in Late Byzantium: The Debate between Gregory Palamas and Akindynos

Summary/Abstract: This is a continuation of the series of articles devoted to the Hesychastic Controversy that took place in Late Byzantium. The first three articles, published in LOGOS 31 (108-117 p.), 32 (66-82 p.), 33 (60-71 p.), analysed the first phase of the debate, namely that between Palamas and the Calabrian monk Barlaam. The present article focuses on the second phase of the debate, that is, the doctrinal controversy between Gregory Palamas and Akindynos, a great intellectual of that time. All the main issues that were debated, the distinction between the divine essence and operation, the definition of the terms essence, operation, hypostasis, the relations between essence/operations, essence/hypostases, hypostases/operations, operations/created world, Christology, anthropology, participation, the problem of the simplicity of Godhead, are analysed, presenting the positions of both Palamas and his opponent Akindynos.

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