International congress of byzantine studies belgrade, 22 27 august 2016

SAINT GREGORY PALAMAS AND BARLAAM THE CALABRIAN 
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 14
TH
-CENTURY BYZANTINE 
PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY
Conveners: 
Yannis Kakridis
, 
Mikonja
Knežević
, 
Dmitrij
I. Makarov
Mikonja Knežević
, 
The Meaning of Monarchy/Causality in Triadology of Gregory Palamas
Marco
Fanelli
, 
L’epistolario palamita del 
Panaghia
157
: osservazioni in vista di un’edizione
Yannis Kakridis
, 
The Slavic Reception of Barlaam’s Argumentation Theory
Boris Milosavljević
, 
Palamas
’
Understanding of 
οὐσία
and 
ἐνέργεια
Dmitry
Biriukov
, 
Учение Григория Паламы об универсалиях
Dmitrij
I. Makarov
, 
The 13
th
-Century Prerequisites of St. Gregory Palamas’ Theology
Ivan Christov
, 
The Debate on Aristotle’s Theory of Proof between St. Gregory Palamas and Barlaam
Basil Lourié
, 
Joseph Bryennios and the Problem of Order within the Trinity
Patrícia Calvário
, 
Theosis
and the Metaphysics of Light of Gregory Palamas
Tatiana Sénina (nonne Kassia)
, 
Les conceptions anthropologiques de Saint Grégoire Palamas et de George Gémiste Pléthon : 
un débat sur le rôle de l’homme dans l’univers

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Mikonja Knežević
University of Priština, Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia; 
[e-mail]
The Meaning of Monarchy/Causality in Triadology of Gregory Palamas
In this paper I investigate the main concepts of triadological theology of Gregory Palamas. 
During his polemics over filioque, Palamas eagerly tried to underline that there is only one cause in 
Gods being - the person of the Father - who begetts/proceeds the other two divine persons. In doing 
so, Palamas stressed that this begetting and proceeding take place from the person of the Father, 
but also from the Father’s essence. Contrary to some modern theologians, who put some kind of 
opposition between „essentialistic“ and „personal“ or „existentialistic“ derivation of two „caused“ 
divine persons (Zizioulas), it appears that in Palamas there is a firm balance between alexandrian 
and cappadocian way of interpreting of this important issue.