The Byzantian Hesychasm vs the Western Humanism (St. Nicholas Cabasilas on the True Dignity of the Human Person)

Authors: Shilov E*

DOI: 10.23880/phij-16000159

Volume 3, Issue 4

Abstract

Saint Nicholas Cabasilas (or Khamaet) is one of the major representatives of the Byzantian tradition of Hesychasm. In his works (“On the Life in Christ”, “Commentary on the Divine Liturgy” and Homilies on the feasts of The Mother of God) he latently polemicizes with the Humanism (both Byzantian, and Western, Latin). And the main question, which the author never puts directly but which can be read between the lines, is the question of man: what is the real destination of the person, what is the purport of his life.

Keywords: Humanism; Philanthropy; Good of Man; God

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