Il ruolo dell’ipostasi nella concezione ontologica di Gregorio Palamas

Abstract

The work moves from the intention to verify the presence of an hypostasiology in the ontological conception of Gregory Palamas, ascertained, from one side, that the critical literature on the hesychast theologian has mentioned it in several cases, and on the other side that the Patristics have highlighted a strong role of hypostasis in the thought of the Greek fathers, main sources of the Palamite thought. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first is dedicated to the analysis of the critical literature and to the historiography concerning the thought of Gregory Palamas. The second one focuses on the analysis of the ontological conception of Gregory Palamas, through a reconstruction of the relationship with the sources and an analysis of theoretical concepts and structures. The third one is dedicated to the role of the concept of hypostases in the anthropology of the hesychast theologian. The fourth one focuses on the relationship between the concept of ὑπόστασις and that of σοφία in the sense of uncreated divine wisdom. In particular, the first section focuses on the critical literature from the rediscovery of the hesychast theologian in the first half of the Twentieth century until the last writings dedicated to the thought of Gregory Palamas and the same historiography of the Twentieth centuries. The study of the development of the Palamite studies is conducted in a summary but at the same time circumstantial way in relation to the topics concerning the work. ... [edite by Author]