Patristic Reception and the Light of the Transfiguration in the Hesychast Controversy

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

Brill

Source Publication

Role of Gregory Akindynos in the Hesychast Controversy, The

Source ISSN

9783657794522

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.30965/9783657794522_005

Abstract

The question of the character of the light of the Transfiguration (created or uncreated) became a pivotal and defining issue in the Byzantine Hesychast Controversy. The anti-Palamite faction, in particular, struggled to maintain a convincing and coherent position on this difficult question. On both sides, arguments tended to revolve around issues of patristic interpretation and reception. This paper explores a number of approaches to this controverted topic with particular attention to those of St Gregory Palamas and his most formidable theological opponent, Gregory Akindynos.

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"Patristic Reception and the Light of the Transfiguration in the Hesychast Controversy," in The Role of Gregory Akindynos in the Hesychast Controversy. Eds. Renate Burri and Katharina Heyden. Leiden: Brill, 2024: 69-84. DOI.

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