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Hesychast controversy
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English
Proper noun
en 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
en Hesychasm
Translations
controversy concerning dogma in the 14th-century Byzantine Empire
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 靜修派爭論 Jìngxiūpài zhēnglùn
Finnish: fi hesykastinen kiista
Portuguese: pt controvérsia hesicasta f
en Byzantine Empire Historical events