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Fifth Council of Constantinople was a series of
councilAn ecumenical council is a conference of the bishops of the whole Christian Church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice...
s held in Constantinople in 1341, 1347 and 1351, which exonerated St.
Gregory PalamasSaint Gregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the Archbishop of Thessaloniki known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. He is venerated as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church...
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hesychasticHesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some other Eastern Churches of the Byzantine Rite, practised by the Hesychast Hesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox...
theology and condemned the rationalistic philosophy of
Barlaam of CalabriaBarlaam of Seminara ,ca. 1290-1348, or Barlaam of Calabria was a southern Italian scholar and clergyman of the 14th century. Humanist, philologist, and theologian. He brought an accusation of heresy against Gregory Palamas for the latter's defence of Hesychasm...
. The result of these councils is accepted as having the authority of an ecumenical council by Orthodox Christians who sometimes call it the
Ninth Ecumenical Council. Principal supporters of the view that this series of councils comprises the Ninth Ecumenical Council include Metropolitan
Hierotheos (Vlachos)Metropolitan Hierotheos is a Greek theologian.Born in Ioannina, Greece, he graduated from the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki and was ordained deacon in 1971 and priest in 1972. Served in the Archdiocese of Athens as a preacher and Director of the Youth Section from 1987 to...
of Nafpaktos, Fr.
John S. RomanidesJohn Savvas Romanides was a Greek Orthodox priest, author and professor who, for a long time, represented the Greek Church to the World Council of Churches. He was born in Piraeus, Greece, on 2 March 1928 but his parents emigrated to the United States when he was only two months old. He grew up in...
, and Fr.
George MetallinosProtopresbyter Fr. George Metallinos is a Greek theologian, priest, historian, author and professor ....
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