Sinoadele palamite. Evaluare istorică, ecleziologică şi canonică

Abstract

Hesychasm was defended theologically by Gregory Palamas at about three separate “Hesychast Synods“ in Constantinople from 1341 to 1351.The Ninth Ecumenical Council actually consisted of a series of councils, held in Constantinople in 1341, 1347 and 1351, which exonerated St. Gregory Palamasʼs hesychastic theology and condemned the rationalistic philosophy of Barlaam of Calabria. Sometimes also referred to as the Fifth Council of Constantinople, the result of these councils is regarded as the Ninth Ecumenical Council by some Orthodox Christians but not others. Principal supporters of the view that this series of councils comprises the Ninth Ecumenical Council include Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos, Fr. John S. Romanides and Fr. George Metallinos.