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Title: Gregory Palamas
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Triads
Author: John Meyendorff
Translator: Nicholas Gendle
Contributor: Nicholas Gendle (Translated by), John Meyendorff (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0809124475
EAN: 9780809124473
ISBN: 9780809124473
Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S.
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 01/01/1982
Description: "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 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."†
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 322g
Release Year: 1982

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