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Definition of Hesychasts

Hesychast
Hesychast Hes"y*chast, n. [Gr. ? hermit, fr. ? to be still or quiet, fr. ? still, calm.] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. --Brande & C.

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- the knowledge of God than the hesychasts taught. Barlaam took exception to the doctrine entertained by the hesychasts as to the nature of the light,...
- reversed the fortunes of the Hesychasts again and restored the Barlaamite faction. However, since he did not do so, the Hesychasts remained in the ascendancy...
- Joseph the Hesychast (Gr****: Άγιος Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής; born Francis Kottis, Gr****: Φραγκίσκος Κόττης; February 12, 1897 – August 15, 1959) was a Gr****...
- propositional approach to the knowledge of God than the hesychasts taught. On the hesychast side, the controversy was taken up by Palamas who was asked...
- doctrine held by the Hesychasts as to the uncreated nature of the light, the experience of which was said to be the goal of Hesychast practice, regarding...
- unacceptable division in the Trinity. Further, the practices used by the later hesychasts to achieve theosis were characterized as "magic" by the Western Christians...
- entertained by the Hesychasts as to the nature of the uncreated light, the experience of which was said to be the goal of Hesychast practice. It was maintained...
- the mystical doctrine of Hesychasm. These are referred to also as the Hesychast councils or the Palamite councils, since they discussed the theology of...
- Church Second Vatican Council Hermeneutics of Vatican Council II [it] Hesychast controversy Protestant Reformation Proto-Protestantism Criticism of Protestantism...
- Church Second Vatican Council Hermeneutics of Vatican Council II [it] Hesychast controversy Protestant Reformation Proto-Protestantism Criticism of Protestantism...