Hesychasm, the Palamite Controversy, and Monastic Revival (1320s–1351)

1. Barlaam arrives in Constantinople

   Jan 1, 1330Labels: Barlaam of, Constantinople, Athonite hesychasts

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Britannica

2. Palamas begins correspondence with Barlaam

   Jan 1, 1336Labels: Gregory Palamas, Barlaam of

   • Cambridge
   • Hesychast controversy

3. Palamas writes the first stage of the Triads

   Jan 1, 1337Labels: Gregory Palamas, The Triads

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Cambridge

4. Hagioritic Tome composed on Mount Athos

   Jan 1, 1341Labels: Hagioritic Tome, Mount Athos

   • Gregory Palamas
   • Cambridge

5. First Constantinople synod condemns Barlaam

   Jun 10, 1341Labels: Constantinople Synod, Barlaam of

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Fifth Council

6. Second Constantinople synod condemns Akindynos

   Aug 1, 1341Labels: Constantinople Synod, Gregory Akindynos

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Fifth Council

7. Palamas arrested and imprisoned during the civil war

   Oct 1, 1342Labels: Gregory Palamas, Byzantine civil

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Gregory Palamas

8. Third Constantinople synod excommunicates Palamas

   Nov 4, 1344Labels: Constantinople Synod, Excommunication

   • Hesychast controversy
   • Palamism

9. Palamas appointed metropolitan of Thessalonica

   Jan 1, 1347Labels: Gregory Palamas, Thessalonica

   • Britannica
   • Gregory Palamas

10. Akindynos condemned as heretical by synod

    Jan 1, 1347Labels: Gregory Akindynos, Pro-Palamite Synod

    • Britannica
    • Hesychast controversy

11. Synod deposes Patriarch John XIV and condemns Akindynos

    Feb 1, 1347Labels: Patriarch John, Synod 1347

    • Fifth Council
    • Hesychast controversy

12. Isidore I elected patriarch; Palamas freed

    May 17, 1347Labels: Isidore I, Gregory Palamas

    • Isidore I
    • OrthodoxWiki

13. Final Constantinople synod issues the Tome of 1351

    May 28, 1351Labels: Tome of, Essence energies

    • Hesychast controversy
    • Synod 1351