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Pope_Noah_I
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Is it like Christian meditation, is it a heresy?
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jimmy
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It is a Byzantine way of prayer. It is not heresy. It is a way of helping a person to grow deeper in prayer. It is not for the lay person who is learning how to pray, it is something that is used by the monks on Mt Athos. I don’t know much about it so if anything else would have to come from Eastern Orthodox or maybe some other Eastern Catholics.Is it like Christian meditation, is it a heresy?
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puzzleannie
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Isa_Almisry
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Several Latins have, when not outright calling it a heresy, say it is problematic.
Both Orthodox and Latins see problems with reconiling it with Scholasticism, for the Orthodox this is one of its pluses, and, of course, a minus for the Latins.
Part of this has to do with the Energies/Essence distinction which became involved with it, and with St. Gregory Palamas.
The latter of course, is also a problem, some Latins denying he is a saint, some uniates affirming it. This becomes an important issue, as the Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to him, which is a problem (since he is post schism) for the uniates. Btw another Hesychist write, St. John of the Ladder, is commemorated for the Ladder of Divine Ascent on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent.
Both Orthodox and Latins see problems with reconiling it with Scholasticism, for the Orthodox this is one of its pluses, and, of course, a minus for the Latins.
Part of this has to do with the Energies/Essence distinction which became involved with it, and with St. Gregory Palamas.
The latter of course, is also a problem, some Latins denying he is a saint, some uniates affirming it. This becomes an important issue, as the Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to him, which is a problem (since he is post schism) for the uniates. Btw another Hesychist write, St. John of the Ladder, is commemorated for the Ladder of Divine Ascent on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent.
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jimmy
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I believe that St. Gregory Palamas is commemorated by the Melkites and other churches of the Byzantine tradition. They don’t see any problem with it.Several Latins have, when not outright calling it a heresy, say it is problematic.
Both Orthodox and Latins see problems with reconiling it with Scholasticism, for the Orthodox this is one of its pluses, and, of course, a minus for the Latins.
Part of this has to do with the Energies/Essence distinction which became involved with it, and with St. Gregory Palamas.
The latter of course, is also a problem, some Latins denying he is a saint, some uniates affirming it. This becomes an important issue, as the Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to him, which is a problem (since he is post schism) for the uniates. Btw another Hesychist write, St. John of the Ladder, is commemorated for the Ladder of Divine Ascent on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent.
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Isa_Almisry
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Raya’s translation of the service book makes a note of it, but no, my understanding is that the Melkites don’t have a problem with him. I have seen Latins expressing problems with the Melkites over this and other things.I believe that St. Gregory Palamas is commemorated by the Melkites and other churches of the Byzantine tradition. They don’t see any problem with it.
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bpbasilphx
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It is the Orthodox tradition of mystical prayer.
The root of the word, “hesychia”, means “quiet”, though this is to be carefully distinguished from the heresy of quietism.
The root of the word, “hesychia”, means “quiet”, though this is to be carefully distinguished from the heresy of quietism.
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