Nicholas Cabasilas

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Nicholas Cabasilas (Greek: Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; born 1319/1323 in Thessalonica;^[1] died after 1391) was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer.

Cabasilas is a saint within the Orthodox Church. His feast day is June 20.^[2][3]

Life

He was on intimate terms with the emperor John VI Cantacuzene, whom he accompanied in his retirement to a monastery. In 1355 he succeeded his uncle Nilus Cabasilas, like himself a determined opponent of the union of the Orthodox and Latin churches, as archbishop of Thessalonica.

In the Hesychast controversy he took the side of the monks of Athos and Saint Gregory Palamas.

Works

His chief work is his Περὶ τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ζωῆς,^[4] in which he lays down the principle that union with Christ is effected by the three great mysteries of baptism, confirmation, and the eucharist. He also wrote homilies on various subjects, and a speech against usurers, printed with other works in Migne, Patrologia Graeca, c. i. A large number of his works is still extant in manuscript.

Cabasilas' major works are Life in Christ and Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. These works display a profound understanding of the sacramental and liturgical life of the Eastern Orthodox Church and are accessible to and instructive for any Christian today worshiping in either the East or West.

See also

• John VI Cantacouzenos/Kantakouzenos

References

• C. Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur (1897)
• Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie fr protcstantische Theologie (1901)
• Parry, Ken; David Melling (editors) (1999). The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-23203-6. 

Notes

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=iE45LzrfZuwC&pg=PA10&dq=Nicholas+Cabasilas&sig=_h6j3HmT5IXDM2n5WO3DJugxXZk
2. ^ http://www.oca.org/FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=6&D=20
3. ^ http://goarch.org/en/chapel/todaywecelebrate.asp?M=6&D=20&Y=2006
4. ^ ed. pr. of the Greek text, with copious introduction, by W. Gass, 1849; new ed. by M. Heinze, 1899.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Bibliography

• Cabasilas, N. Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. 14th Cent. Translated by J.M. Hussey and P.A. McNulty. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1960. ISBN 0-913836-37-0
• Cabasilas, N. The Life in Christ. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1974. ISBN 0-913836-12-5
• Eugenia Russell, ‘Nicholas Kavasilas Chamaëtos (c.1322–c.1390), a unique voice amongst his contemporaries’, Nottingham Medieval Studies 54 (2010), 123–37

External links

• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Nicholas Cabasilas
• Nektarios Mamalougos: Nicholas Cabasilas

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