Hesychast controversy

English

Proper noun

Hesychast controversy

(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A particular controversy concerning dogma in the 14th-century Byzantine Empire, over whether the idea of divine light was polytheistic, postulating two eternal substances, a visible and an invisible God.

Related terms

Hesychasm

Translations

controversy concerning dogma in the 14th-century Byzantine Empire

Chinese:
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Finnish: hesykastinen kiista
Portuguese: controvérsia hesicasta f

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