hesychasm 1

noundomain: thinking
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A mystical tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches.

  • 1.Western theologians have tended to reject hesychasm, in some instances equating it with quietism, perhaps because "quietism" is the literal translation of "hesychasm".

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