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1. Gregory Palamas

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   The Hesychast Controversy
   The wider controversy involved the practical application of Palamas's doctrine within the monastic communities. The opponents of Hesychasm often criticized the physical methods employed—such as specific breathing exercises linked to repetitive invocation of the Jesus Prayer—arguing that such intense physical focus distracted from purely intellectual contemplation and bordered on the materialist manipulation of the nous (intellect) [4]. Palamas defended these methods by asserting that the body, having been sanctified by the Incarnation,…