Neilos Kabasilas
14th-century Greek Palamite theologian
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Neilos Kabasilas (also Nilus Cabasilas; Greek: Νεῖλος Καβάσιλας Neilos Kavasilas; born Nikolaos Kabasilas; c. 1290 – 1363) was a Byzantine theologian who succeeded Gregory Palamas as Metropolitan of Thessalonica (1361–1363). Kabasilas was a Palamite.
c. 1290
Neilos Kabasilas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nikolaos Kabasilas c. 1290 |
| Died | c. 1363 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire |
| Relatives | Nicholas Kabasilas (nephew) |
| Education | |
Academic advisor | Gregory Palamas |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Medieval philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Hesychasm | |
Notable students | Demetrios Kydones |
Main interests | Theology |
Notable ideas | Defense of Palamism |
Neilos was a teacher of the famed translator Demetrios Kydones. As a theologian, his most important works are a Theological Rule in defense of the essence-energies distinction and a series of discourses against the Filioque (the Latin teaching on the procession of the Holy Spirit).
Neilos, who was called Nicholas as a layman, has often been confused with his nephew, the more famous Nicholas Kabasilas, best known for his Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.
References
- Théophile Kislas (ed.), Nil Cabasilas, Sur le Saint-Esprit. Introduction, texte critique, traduction et notes (Paris, 2001).
- Manuel Candal, Nilus Cabasilas et theologia S. Thomae. De Processione Spiritus sancti (Rome, 1945).
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