The Synodal Tome of 1341
Modern translationAncient Greek original
14th c. · Conciliar · English translation, 2026
Source edition: Τόμος Συνοδικὸς τοῦ ͵ατμαʹ ἔτους
Cover art: The Watzmann (1824–25) — Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840) (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
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Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Preamble
- 2. Barlaam’s Accusation Before the Synod
- 3. Barlaam of Calabria’s War on the Fathers
- 4. Barlaam Evades the Synod
- 5. The Synod Convened in Holy Wisdom
- 6. The Sacred Canons Read
- 7. Gregory Palamas Invited to Respond
- 8. Barlaam’s Writings Against the Massalians Produced
- 9. Testimony of St. John of Damascus
- 10. The Apostles Behold His Kingly Glory
- 11. The Chief Apostles, Witnesses of His Godhead
- 12. Testimony of St. Dionysius the Areopagite
- 13. On Stillness and Prayer
- 14. Transfigured, He Shines With the Lightning of the Godhead
- 15. The Glory of the Godhead Becomes the Glory of the Body
- 16. On the Transfiguration of the Lord
- 17. None Has Seen God by Nature
- 18. Testimony of St. Andrew of Crete
- 19. The Deification of Our Nature
- 20. The Angels Marvel at This Glory
- 21. The Supramundane Powers Proclaim His Love for Mankind
- 22. No Creature Can Contain This Brightness
- 23. Beheld as What He Ever Was
- 24. On Participation in the Good
- 25. Testimony of St. Gregory the Theologian
- 26. Testimony of St. Maximus the Confessor
- 27. In the Form of God to Those Who Ascend
- 28. The Light of His Face and the Theology of Negation
- 29. Participated Yet Hidden in His Essence
- 30. Testimony of St. Basil the Great
- 31. Wholly Present to Each, After the Image of the Sun’s Ray
- 32. The Energies and Essence of God
- 33. Testimony of St. Athanasius the Great
- 34. The Same Before and Now, Unchanging in His Divinity
- 35. Testimony of St. Dionysius the Areopagite (35)
- 36. Testimony of St. Basil the Great (36)
- 37. Testimony of St. Maximus the Confessor (37)
- 38. Testimony of St. Dionysius the Areopagite (38)
- 39. On the Source of Deification
- 40. Testimony of St. Gregory of Nyssa
- 41. Testimony of St. John of Damascus (41)
- 42. Transfigured, Displaying the Archetypal Beauty
- 43. Testimony of St. Dionysius the Areopagite (43)
- 44. Testimony of St. John Chrysostom
- 45. The Emperor on the Fear of the Perfect
- 46. The Emperor on the Invisible Nature of God
- 47. Barlaam Against the Jesus Prayer
- 48. Refutation From Peter’s Confession
- 49. Testimony of St. Diadochos on the Jesus Prayer
- 50. The Emperor’s Closing Words