Gregory Palamas: Iconography & Knowledge of God through Prayer (Better Sound Quality), Episode 4bis, Prof. C. Veniamin

Mystical Theology: Introducing the Theology and Spiritual Life of the Orthodox Church

Unit 14: St. Gregory Palamas: An Introduction, Prof. Christopher Veniamin
Episode 4bis: Iconography & Knowledge of God through Prayer (Better Sound Quality)
Episode 4bis of “Gregory Palamas: An Introduction” is mainly an enhanced sound quality version of the original episode (with new title credits at the beginning, and an end card, plus an appeal for support tagged on at the end), which introduces the "Hesychast Controversy" of the 14th century in the declining decades of the Christian Roman Empire. What was Hesychasm really all about? And why is it still relevant to us today in the 21st century?
In this fourth part, we discuss the accusation of Iconoclasm leveled against the Hesychasts, and Prayer as the chief means by which knowledge of God is attained.
The main themes covered in this presentation are included in the Timestamps below.
Q&As related to Episode 4 available in The Professor’s Blog.
Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022); The Transfiguration of Christ in Greek Patristic Literature (2022); and The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016).

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1. Accusation of iconoclasm (00:00:00)

2. Panselinos and the Macedonian School (00:02:38)

3. Feofan Grek and the Cretan School (00:04:43)

4. Patriarch Philotheos Kokkinos (00:08:18)

5. Two forms of knowledge (00:09:24)

6. Filioque (00:10:50)

7. Empirical basis of theology (00:12:04)

8. Byzantine renaissance (00:12:58)

9. "Analogia entis" — "Analogia fidei" (00:13:37)

10. William of Occam and Scholasticism (00:14:13)

11. Luther and “sola scriptura” (00:15:38)

12. No analogies in Orthodox tradition (00:16:18)

13. Illumination (00:16:51)

14. "Authority" (00:17:42)

15. Similarities between Barlaam and Gregoras (00:18:49)

16. Same response given to the Arians (00:19:40)

17. Knowledge of God through prayer (00:20:18)

18. Mother of God archetypal hesychast (00:21:07)

19. Patriarchs men of prayer (00:23:39)