Saint Gregory Palamas and the Heritage of the Cappadocian Fathers
Saint Gregory Palamas and the Heritage of the Cappadocian Fathers

Summary/Abstract: The relation between the teaching of Saint Gregory Palamas and his antecedent patristic tradition was an essential theological issue raised among scholars during the twentieth century. Even though numerous studies have undertaken to situate the Father of Hesychasm vis-a-vis the preceding patristic heritage, the task of analyzing the patristic components of his teaching remains a delicate and open issue. This paper explores the major guidelines in the teaching of Saint Gregory Palamas borrowed from the Cappadocian Fathers. It depicts the dynamics of his reception of their theological tradition and the extent to which they inspired him: whether he imitated and quoted them passively, or whether he was creative and renovative in rearticulating their theology ten centuries later.

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