TY  - BOOK
AU  - Agnieszka Świtkiewicz-Blandzi
PY  - 2022
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631887998
TI  - Pseudo-Dionysius and Gregory Palamas
T2  - The Byzantine Synthesis of Eastern Patristics
DO  - 10.3726/b20193
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1288816
N2  - The study shows the reception of the views of Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite by Gregory Palamas. The author presents the doctrinal context of Palamas' dispute with Barlaam from Calabria on the possibility of knowing God, the most important issue in 14th-century Byzantium. The author distances herself from many previous interpretations of this problem. She proves that, considering how much Palamas succumbed or did not succumb to the Areopagite or “corrected” his position, he has a very weak doctrinal basis. The author notices that over-emphasizing Dionysius' dependence on the Neoplatonic tradition does not lead to a solution to the problem. Palamas' teachings are placed in the context of the traditions of the Christian East and their relation to the thoughts of the Areopagite himself.
KW  - Byzantine theology, Maximus the Confessor, metaphysics of light, knowing of God, apophatic theology, hesychasm
LA  - English
ER  -