title: St. Gregory Palamas’s gnoseology in light of the dogma of the incarnation of Christ
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metadata.value: Lukovtsev, Ilya N.
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metadata.value: 2021-04-20T21:12:31Z
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metadata.value: 2021-04-20T21:12:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Lukovtsev I. N. St. Gregory Palamas’s gnoseology in light of the dogma of the incarnation of Christ. Issues of Theology, 2021, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 24–44.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2021.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/28088
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metadata.value: This article is devoted to the problem of correspondence between the gnoseology
  of St. Gregory Palamas and the teachings of the Orthodox Church. His gnoseology
  contains two theses that caused a significant controversy in the 14th century in the
  Byzantine Empire. These are the uncreated nature of the Tabor Light and the possibility
  to know God by His uncreated energies, but not by His essence. The author
  turns directly to the Christological confessions and other dogmatic texts of the Ecumenical
  Councils to solve the problem. This method has not been largely used. As
  a general rule, the “palamites” and “antipalamites” used to refer to some particular
  father or plunged into a strictly philosophical discourse. At the same time, it was not
  fully taken into the account the fact that the Acts of the Ecumenical Councils contain
  information to adequately assess St. Gregory’s gnoseology. The article concisely
  presents the main theses of St. Gregory Palamas’s gnoseology, approved by the local
  Council of 1351 held in Constantinople. The theses are compared to the confession
  of the Council of Chalcedon. The texts of the subsequent Ecumenical Councils
  are considered to be as clarifying as the Chalcedonian confession. The views of St.
  Gregory’s main opponents are also analyzed in the article. Particular attention is
  paid to the meaning of key terms in the considered dogmatic texts. The article also
  takes into account the philosophical aspect of the problem, and expounds one of the
  arguments of St. Gregory in favor of the uncreated nature of the Tabor Light, which
  is based on the idea of the inability of human nature to emit light. As a result of the
  research, it was established that both theses of St. Gregory contradict the doctrine
  of the Ecumenical Councils about Christ. Instead of St. Gregory’s dubious gnoseology,
  the Ecumenical Councils offer to cognize the divinity of the Trinity inseparably
  from the flesh of Christ, and not only in energy, but also essence and hypostasis. As
  for the natural science argument of St. Gregory, it is refuted by the data of modern
  science, which proved the existence of biophotons. This discovery, according to the
  author, does not contradict, but only confirms the Christology of the Ecumenical
  Councils.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 3; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christ
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hesychasm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: palamism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: antipalamism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tabor Light
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: neoplatonism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: uncreated energies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ecumenical Councils
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Сhalcedonian confession
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: essence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: St. Gregory Palamas’s gnoseology in light of the dogma of the incarnation of Christ
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metadata.value: Article
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