Council of Haghia Sophia (Ninth Ecumenical) |
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1341 - Council of Haghia
Sophia (Ninth Ecumenical) convened by Roman Emperor Andronicus III,
presided over by Ecumenical Patriarch John Calecas, and attended by the
Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, and several bishops and
abbots, including St. Gregory Palamas. This council condemns Barlaam of
Calabria, who believes the light of Mt. Tabor is created, and who
criticizes the mystical Jesus Prayer as a supposed practice of the
Bogomils, and charges it for not proclaiming Christ as God. Emperor
Andronicus dies after the council's first session, and the second
session is convened by de facto Roman Emperor John VI Cantacuzene, and
presided over by Patriarch John Calecas. This council condemns Acindynus,
who takes the opposite extreme to Barlaam of Calabria, believing that
the light of Mt. Tabor is the divine essence itself, rather than God's
uncreated grace and energy, distinct from His divine essence.
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