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Corpus Christianorum. Theodorus Dexius Opera omnia,
Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Hardback, CXXXVI+391 p., 155 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503405513.
Tout comme Nicephore Gregoras, Theodore Dexios, moine et probablement aussi pretre, fut condamne au concile de 1351, ou, sous l'oeuil bienveillant de l'empereur Jean VI Cantacuzene, la doctrine de Gregoire Palamas avait ete officiellement reconnue. Pendant les annees qu'il passa en prison, dans l'attente d'un appel qui n'aboutit jamais, Dexios redigea un long discours, denoncant aprement le parti pris dont l'empereur avait fait preuve des avant le concile. Au debut de 1355, apres l'abdication forcee de Jean VI, Theodore retrouva sa liberte mais son bonheur fut de courte duree puisque, peu apres, le front anti-Palamite qui jusque-la avait ete assez solide, se divisa sur la question de la nature de la lumiere que les apotres avaient vue lors de la Transfiguration. Dexios maintenait que cette lumiere ne venait pas de l'exterieur mais emanait du Christ lui-meme; d'autres lui reprochaient de ne pas vouloir admettre qu'il s'agissait d'une lumiere creee et de se rapprocher ainsi de l'ennemi commun, Gregoire Palamas. Touche par ces critiques, Dexios s'est defendu dans deux longues lettres et un traite de dimensions plus modestes. Les manuscrits ne donnent pas le nom de l'auteur ni du discours d'appel ni des trois ecrits dans lesquels il expose son differend avec ses anciens partisans, mais M. Polemis a apporte de nouvelles preuves en faveur de l'attribution a Theodore Dexios. Inconnues jusqu'a ce jour a quelques extraits pres, les oeuvres de ce dernier permettent une autre approche du concile de 1351 et du conflit qui mit rompit l'unanimite au sein de l'opposition anti-Palamite. Ajoutons que le recit d'une visite inattendue de ceux qui partageaint son opinion et venaient d'apprendre les reproches qu'on lui faisait, est d'une vivacite surprenante et temoigne du talent litteraire de Dexios. Languages: Greek, English.
Isaaci Argyri Opera omnia theologica necnon Iohannis ex-imperatoris Cantacuzeni Oratio adversus Argyrum
, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, lxxxi + 266 pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Language(s):Greek, English. ISBN 9782503592756.
Summary Isaac Argyros was a leading astronomer and theologian of the late 14th century, who spent most of his life at the Chora monastery in Constantinople. Besides several works on astronomy, he wrote a number of treatises against the Palamites in the tradition of his teacher and mentor Nicephorus Gregoras: (1.) De quattuor modis participationis Dei; (2.) De lumine Transfigurationis ad Gedeonem Zographum; and (3.) Solutio quaestionis cuiusdam Palamiticae. Former emperor John Cantacuzenus composed a lenghty treatise against Argyrus (Contra Argyrum), in which he attacks the fact that Argyros and his followers deny three things: that the seven spirits referred to by Isaiah are uncreated; that the grace of God is uncreated; and that men receive gifts of God in an immediate manner. Together, the four texts in this edition shed light on an interesting chapter in the palamite controversy.
Corpus Christianorum. Auctores varii, Georgius Pelagonius, Anonymus, Prochorus Cydones Theologica varia inedita saeculi XIV,
Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Hardback, CLXIV+442 p., 155 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503535982.
This volume contains three important, so-far unpublished texts from the second half of the 14th century that refer to the palamite controversy. The first text is a treatise by George of Pelagonia, which investigates the beginnings of the controversy concerning the distinction between the nature of God and His energies. It offers a detailed account of the history of the entire period from 1330 until 1351, containing several details which are not recorded in any other contemporary source. The second text, of anonymous origin, which is addressed to a certain Raoul Palaiologos, is a detailed refutation of an unpublished treatise of the ex-emperor John Kantakouzenos. After a comparison of that refutation with the works of the well-known opponent of Gregory Palamas, John Kyparissiotes, the hypothesis that the anonymous author is to be identified with Kyparissiotes is put forward. The third text is a treatise by Prochoros Kydones, the well-known translator of Thomas Aquinas, dealing with the problem of the meaning of the divine names. Through a systematic study of the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Thomas Aquinas, Prochoros Kydones proves that Palamas?s theory that the names of God refer only to His energies is untenable. Languages: Greek, English.
