Gregory Palamas
1296 – 1359 · Byzantium
Biography
Archbishop of Thessaloniki and Athonite monk; defender of hesychast prayer and the essence–energies distinction.
“God is known and possessed by us through His uncreated energies, not His unapproachable essence.”— Triads 3.2
Writings
- Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
- One Hundred and Fifty Chapters
Influence
Councils of 1341–1351 received his teaching; central to modern Eastern Orthodox theology.