Influence On The East-West Schism
The Hesychasm or Palamite controversy was not a conflict between Orthodoxy and the Papacy,. However, some Orthodox sources assert that it resulted in a direct theological conflict between Eastern Orthodox theology and the rise of Papal authority and Western or Latin theology based on Scholasticism.
In 1966, Nicholas Wiseman characterized Gregory Palamas as "the only major Orthodox spokesman since the schism with Rome" and asserted that a positive reassessment of his theology would "would surely benefit the cause of unity."
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