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Hesychasm (/ˈhɛsɪkæzəm, ˈhɛzɪ-/) is a
contemplative monastic tradition in the
Eastern Christian traditions of the
Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern...
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theological justification for the centuries-old
Orthodox practice of
hesychasm. The
hesychast controversy lead to a
further distinction between East...
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doctrine concerning hesychasm, the
Western Church held no
council in
which to make a
pronouncement on the issue, and the word "
hesychasm" does not appear...
- (1296–1359) as part of his
defense of the
Athonite monastic practice of
Hesychasm against the
charge of
heresy brought by the
humanist scholar and theologian...
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ancient practice of
mental prayer known as "prayer of the heart" or
hesychasm. In 1326,
because of the
threat of
Turkish invasions, he and the brethren...
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Orthodox Church as well as the
canonization of Palamas.
About the year 1337,
hesychasm attracted the
attention of a
learned member of the
Orthodox Church, Barlaam...
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Edward Pace
called "the
vagaries of
Hesychasm", thus
betraying the same
prejudices as
Fortescue with
regard to
hesychasm; and,
again in the same period, Siméon...
- 1296 – 1359),
whose writings defended the
Eastern Orthodox practice of
Hesychasm against the
attack of Barlaam.
Followers of
Palamas are
sometimes referred...
- For them, the only
Christian society was
spiritual and not mundane.
Hesychasm (from the Gr**** for "stillness, rest, quiet, silence") is a
mystical tradition...
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different meditative practices:
Lectio Divina in the West and
hesychasm in the East.
Hesychasm involves the
repetition of the
Jesus Prayer, but
Lectio Divina...
