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Hesychast controversy

Hesychast controversy proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Hesychast controversy

  1. (historical, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.

Questions about Hesychast controversy

What does Hesychast controversy mean?
Hesychast controversy means 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.
What part of speech is Hesychast controversy?
Hesychast controversy is a proper noun.

Words near Hesychast controversy in the dictionary

  1. Hestur
  2. Hesvan
  3. Heswall
  4. hesychasm
  5. hesychast
  6. Hesychast controversy
  7. hesychastic
  8. hesychasts
  9. Hesychian
  10. Hesychius
  11. het

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