Barlaamite

English

Etymology

Barlaam +‎ -ite

Adjective

Barlaamite

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) Supporting or pertaining to the theologian Barlaam of Seminara, especially his opposition to Hesychasm.
   • 1788, Edward Gibbon, “Civil Wars and the Ruin of the Greek Empire. Part II”, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

     […] but in the next age the question was forgotten; nor can I learn that the axe or the fagot were employed for the extirpation of the Barlaamite heresy.

Noun

Barlaamite (plural Barlaamites)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) An advocate of Barlaamite views, an opponent of Hesychasm.
   • 1718, Isaac Sharpe, An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of Heresie in the Christian Church […]‎^[1], page 121:

     At the End of the Age, arose the Question of Thaboretick Light, betwixt the Barlaamites and Palamites; which is agitated with great Heat in Synods, with Anathema's and biting Libels; as if they were striving for the chief Articles of Faith, and as if the whole of Religion consisted in such Trifles.

   • 2012 October 15, Joseph Suaiden, “Your Editor Accused of Heresy on the “Orthodox-Tradition” Yahoo Group”, in NFTU‎^[2]:

     I have been accused repeatedly over the past eight hours of being a Barlaamite.