Essence–energies distinction
THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT CENTRAL TO CURRENT EASTERN ORTHODOXY
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In Palamite theology, there is a distinction between the essence (ousia) and the energies (energeia) of God. It was first formulated by Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) as part of his defense of the Athonite monastic practice of hesychasmos against the charge of heresy brought by the humanist scholar and theologian Barlaam of Calabria.