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Gregory Palamas
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14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian
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Gregory Palamas was a male person from Greece. He was born on 1296-01-01 and died on 1359-11-14. His works have been cataloged with counts of 5 and 6 in various databases. He is associated with genres including grec, greece, greek, grèce, and lyricist.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Greece
- Active from
- 1859-01-13
- Active to
- 1943-02-27
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,354x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,562x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,740x
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Quotes
- “Anyone who considers himself guilty before God and repents must believe that the reproach and contempt of others towards him is just and to be endured.”
- “The soul completely dominated by its desire for spiritual instruction is never sated.It is because of this that Wisdom says of herself, 'Those who eat Me will still be hungry' (Eccles. 24:21); while the Lord, who has instilled this divine desire in the soul, says of Mary who chose 'what is best' that it will not be taken away from her (cf. Luke 10:42).”
- “As the separation of the soul from the body is the death of the body, so the separation of God from the soul is the death of the soul. And this death of the soul is the true death.”
- “The summit of evil, the crime most natural to the devil, pride, was born of knowledge. But if this is so, how can it be possible that all the passions result from ignorance? Does knowledge purify the psyche? Paul says: Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1).”
- “Do you see? There exists a kind of knowledge that is without love. It does not purify the psyche in any way, but kills it, as it lacks the love that is the head, the body, and very root of all virtue.”
- “How can someone have the freedom to choose and the power to act freely, unless he were able to be evil, should he so wish?”
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Key facts
- Born
- 1296 ( 1296 ) , Constantinople , (modern-day Istanbul , Turkey )
- Died
- 14 November 1359 (1359-11-14) (aged 62–63), Thessalonica , Theme of Thessalonica , (modern-day Greece )
- Venerated in
- Eastern Orthodox Church , Byzantine Catholic Churches
- Canonized
- 1368, Constantinople by Patriarch Philotheos of Constantinople
- Major shrine
- Thessaloniki Theology career
- Notable work
- Philokalia
- Tradition or movement
- Palamism
- Main interests
- Asceticism , mysticism
- Notable ideas
- Essence–energies distinction , theosis , Tabor Light
- Feast
- 14 November, Second Sunday of Great Lent
- Attributes
- Long, tapering dark beard; vestments of a bishop ; Gospel Book or scroll ; right hand raised in benediction
- Influenced
- Nilus Cabasilas , Gennadius Scholarius , Nicodemus the Hagiorite , Sophrony of Essex , John Meyendorff , Seraphim Rose
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Gregory Palamas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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[Nichtlateinische Schriftzeichen] : (Die zehn Gebote nach dem Gesetze Christi...
X. Orationes Cvm Singvlis Ioannis Chrysostomi Et Amphilochii Iconensis. Accessit Qvoqve Fragmentvm Io. Damasceni. Ex Qvinqve Codicibvs Manvscriptis Primvm Edidit C. F. Matthaei Vniuersitatis Caesareae Mosquensis Professor
Grēgoriu archiepiskopu Thessalonikēs, tu Palama, ta heuriskomena panta. accurante et denuo recogn. J.-P. Migne. 1 (1865)
Grēgoriu archiepiskopu Thessalonikēs, tu Palama, ta heuriskomena panta. accurante et denuo recogn. J.-P. Migne. 2 (1865)
Ad venerandum monachum Damianum philosophum. Gregorii. Ad piissimum monachum dominum Dionysium - BSB Cod.graec. 213
Orthodoxi Theophanis dialogus ad reversum a Barlaamitis Theotimum. Theophanes sive de deitate, et quod participari et non participari ex illa possit - BSB Cod.graec. 554
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Encyclopedic overview
Gregory Palamas (/pæləˈmɑːs/; Byzantine Greek: Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς, romanized: Grēgórios Palamâs, pronounced [ɣriˈɣo.ri.os pa.laˈmas]; c. 1296 – 14 November 1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. A monk of Mount Athos (modern Greece) and later archbishop of Thessalonica, he is famous for his defense of hesychast spirituality, the uncreated character of the light of the Transfiguration, and the distinction between God's essence and energies (i.e., the divine will, divine grace, etc.). His teaching unfolded over the course of three major controversies, (1) with the Italo-Greek Barlaam between 1336 and 1341, (2) with the monk Gregory Akindynos between 1341 and 1347, and (3) with the philosopher Gregoras, from 1348 to 1355. His theological contributions are sometimes referred to as Palamism, and his followers as Palamites.
Gregory has been venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1368. Within the Post Vatican II Catholic Church, he has also been called a saint; Pope John Paul II repeatedly called Gregory a great theological writer. Since 1971, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has venerated Gregory as a saint. Some of his writings are collected in the Philokalia, and since the Ottoman period, the second Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to the memory of Gregory Palamas in most branches of the Eastern Orthodoxy, while in some Eastern Catholic Churches, the issue is disputed.
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