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- Title
ASCETICISM IN THE HOMILIES OF SAINT GREGORY PALAMAS.
- Authors
LYSACK, MAXYM
- Abstract
Saint Gregory Palamas was well known as an apologist for hesychasm. The article, however, reveals the Saint as an expositor of the spiritual life and a great Father of the Church. In The Homilies,. Saint Gregory masterfully uses biblical images to present a theology of fasting Asceticism is given a strong eschato-logical and therapeutic orientation. Personal prayer and corporate prayer are held in balance. Fasting is connected with service to the poor. Saint Gregory posits that theoria, or the vision of God, was the experience of the Old Testaments Saints, and insists that it is a possible--if not also normative--experience for all Christians. The Father links asceticism and apatheia to the Cross, giving the spiritual life a strong Christological context and goal. He unites dogma and spirituality in both his person and teaching, giving us a paradigm for both theology and the spiritual life.
- Subjects
HESYCHASM; GREGORY Palamas, Saint, 1296-1359; SPIRITUAL life; THEOLOGY; GOD
- Publication
Analogia (2529-0967), 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2, p19
- ISSN
2529-0967
- Publication type
Article