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The Modern Anti-Palamism and the Orthodox Doctrine of Theosis
Forum Theologicum SardicenseThe main theses of famous modern Orthodox theologians are considered in a polemical spirit, for whom the teaching of St. Gregory Palamas on the substance and energies of God is a major obstacle in the dialogue with the Western Church. An overview of the
Ventsislav Karavaltchev
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Participation (μέθεξις) and Divinization (θέωσις) in the Thought of St. Gregory Palamas [PDF]
Studia GilsonianaGregory Palamas’ apology of Hesychasm is not only a theological debate on mystical experience, but it is also a philosophical discussion on participation.
Anna Palusińska
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St. Gregory Palamas, Divine energies, uncreated light, Tabor light, Palamism, mystical experience, vision of God (theophany), knowledge of God, deification, palamite vs. hesychast controversy [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философияThis article examines one of the least studied aspects of the theological and philosophical thought of St. Gregory Palamas, viz. his doctrine of the Divine selfcontemplation.
Vadim Elimanov
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Orthodox Christian theology in general prides itself on bearing the mantle of patristic thought. Orthodox theological anthropology is no different, often drawing on Greek patristic sources in presenting its vision of the human being. Yet Orthodox anthropology can also broadly be categorized as personalist in ways that are not necessarily so ...
Alexis Torrance
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 242-266, July 2026.Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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Iconographic Veneration of St. Gregory Palamas in the Late Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Period
Forum Theologicum SardicenseThe study covers a wide range of sources that provide information about the remembrance of St. Gregory Palamas after the fall of Constantinople and its submission to the Ottoman rule (1453).
Svetoslav Ribolov
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Towards an Interpretation of the Ch. 13 from Georges Moschambar’s Antirrhetics against Veccus within the Context of the Byzantine Doctrine of the 13th–15th Centuries on the Interpenetration of the Persons of the Holy Trinity [PDF]
Вестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарииThe author analyzes two crucial ideas from Chapter 13 of the Antirrhetics against the Doctrines and Writings of Veccus, penned in 1281 by the Byzantine anti-Latin polemicist Georges Moschambar, a prominent representative of the proto-Palamite tradition ...
Dmitry I. Makarov
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Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 467-481, July 2025.Abstract This article treats Nicholas Cabasilas as an emblematic theologian of peace from the Orthodox tradition whose profound reflections on peace speak directly to our contemporary moment of turmoil. Writing amidst the untold upheavals of fourteenth‐century Byzantium, Cabasilas distills much of his inherited exegetical, ascetic, and liturgical ...
Alexis Torrance
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