Prostota istoty a wielość energii: spór Grzegorza Palamasa z Grzegorzem Akindynosem w świetle Capita CL i synodów z lat 1341–1351
Divine Simplicity and the Multiplicity of Energies: Gregory Palamas’ Controversy with Gregory Akindynos in the Light of the Capita CL and the Synods of 1341–1351
Author(s): Wojciech SłomskiSubject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi
Keywords: Gregory Palamas; Gregory Akindynos; divine simplicity; uncreated energies; essence–energies distinction; Capita CL; hesychasm; deification; fourteenth-century Constantinopolitan synods
Summary/Abstract: This article examines Gregory Palamas’ controversy with Gregory Akindynos through the lens of divine simplicity and the multiplicity of energies, focusing on the treatise Capita physica, theologica, moralia et practica (Capita CL) and its synodal reception between 1341 and 1351.The study reconstructs the development of Palamas’ thought from the intuitive and polemical framework of the Triads to the definitional and systematic synthesis articulated in the Capita CL,a transition prompted by the theological challenge posed by Akindynos. It argues that the core of the dispute did not concern hesychastic practice as such, but rather the ontological status of grace and the possibility of real participation in divine life while preserving God’s absolute simplicity and transcendence.
Journal: Łódzkie Studia Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 35/2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 127-148
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
