The Triads
by Saint Gregory Palamas, John Meyendorff (Editor)
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"Should do much to open up his hidden source of spiritual richness."George Malone, S.J.Fordham UniversityGregory Palamas: The Triads edited with an introduction by John Meyendorfftranslated by Nicholas Gendlepreface by Jaroslav Pelikan"For God is not only beyond knowledge, but also beyond unknowing."Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) -monk, archbishop, and eminent theologian- was a major figure in fourteenth-century Orthodox Byzantium. His greatest work, In Defense of the show more Holy Hesychasts (known commonly as The Triads), was written between 1338 and 1341 as a response to the charges of the Calabrian philosopher Barlaam against the monastic groups known as hesychasts. Barlaam denied the legitimacy of their spiritual methods, which included the famous "Jesus Prayer," and discredited their claims to experience the divine presence. Palamas devoted his career as a theologian to the defense of the truth central to hesychasm: God is accessible to personal experience, because he shared His own life with humanity.This book contains extensive excerpts from Palamas' famous work that, in the words of the book's distinguished editor John Meyendorff, "introduce the reader into the very substance of the religious experience of the Christian East."+ show lessTags
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This only doesn't get a 5 because the edition redacts material deemed too polemical or otherwise 'inessential' to the main thrust of his argument. And because there are too many endnotes, many of them unnecessary. But the actual writing and thought of St. Gregory is tremendous, of course.
In this scholarly and yet readable book, Hesychasm and Palamite theology are placed into the historical events leading to the controversy with Barlaam of Calabria. Differences betweem East and West are explained from the Orthodox perspective. The significance of St. Gregory in the Byzantine Catholic Church, can be understood in a talk by our pastor, Rev. Father Kevin Kennedy. To listen please visit: https://youtu.be/r4OtoYnUtrw
In this scholarly and yet readable book, Hesychasm and Palamite theology are placed into the historical events leading to the controversy with Barlaam of Calabria. Differences betweem East and West are explained from the Orthodox perspective. The significance of St. Gregory in the Byzantine Catholic Church, can be understood in a talk by our pastor, Rev. Father Kevin Kennedy. To listen please visit: https://youtu.be/r4OtoYnUtrw
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- The Triads
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- "God died on the cross becoming a human, so that a human can become a god."
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- Gregory Palamas is the author of "Gregory Palamas: The Triads". Nicholas Gendle is the translator and John Meyendorff ... (show all)wrote the introduction.
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History
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- 248.2 — Religion Christian practice & observance Christian experience, practice, life Religious experience
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