A Study of Gregory Palamas - Lives of Saints - Theological Studies - Book

Author: Fr. John Meyendorff Published: 1998 Size: 6x9 Pages: 248 Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica in the middle of the fourteenth century, is the outstanding figure of later Byzantine theology, a writer who may well be compared with the greatest theologians of the medieval West. This book is the first full study of his life and work to be available in English. When this book was published in France in 1959, it was at once hailed as a major contribution to the understanding of Eastern Christianity; and not only of Eastern Christianity, for the thought of Palamas, with its vivid biblical quality, has a surprising relevance to the problems of our twentieth century. There has been a growing recognition of the importance of Palamas in the development of Eastern Christianity. The relevance of Orthodoxy in the whole ecumenical movement is becoming ever more evident. Standing apart from the controversies, which have embittered the history of Western Christendom, the Christian