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Tabor, as well as his system of "Hesychasm," have achieved quasi-dogmatic status in the East.
Looking Eastward? 2007
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Tabor, as well as his system of "Hesychasm," have achieved quasi-dogmatic status in the East.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Hesychasm (literally, to be quiet) is a term used for the method of monastic prayer and contemplation designed to achieve union with God through interior quietude.
1329 2001
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He wrote no less than sixty works in defence of Hesychasm, one especially against the Scholastic identification of God's essence and attributes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Hesychasm may be said to have defeated all opposition.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Medieval Quietism is further represented in the vagaries of Hesychasm
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The sect, however, did not fail to encounter opposition In the ensuing controversy, Barlaam, a monk of Calabria, constituted himself in a special manner the adversary of Hesychasm.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Pseudo-Dionysius seems to have brought the statement a step nearer to Hesychasm.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The city itself was remit by the theological disputes of Barlaamites and Palamists arising from Hesychasm (q. v.), also by the domestic dissensions of the imperial family during the reigns of the two Andronici, John
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The enormous influence of the monks at Court and the want of energy of the patriarch (who was in his heart on Barlaam's side) made this first synod a victory for Hesychasm.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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