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Palamism
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English
Etymology
From en Palamite ism, a technical term in the field of Church history coined in the mid 20th century.
Noun
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en Christianity The beliefs and practices of the Palamites.
en 1949 English Historical Review 64, p. 505 The last years of the empire witnessed in Palamism a great revival of mystical personal religion.
en 1974 John Meyendorff Byzantine theology: historical trends and doctrinal themes I. v., p. 78 The victory of Palamism in the fourteenth century was therefore the victory of a specifically Christian, God-centered humanism for which the Greek patristic tradition always stood.
en Byzantine Empire