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Although the doctrine of Gregorius Palamas came to be accepted by the majority of the Orthodox Church, Gregoras persisted in campaigning against what he considered a heretical doctrine forced upon the Church by a robber council. He became a monk and devoted himself to campaigning against the
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The other writings of Gregoras, which (with a few exceptions) still remain unpublished, attest his great versatility. Amongst them may be mentioned a history of the dispute with Palamas; biographies of his uncle and early instructor John, metropolitan of Heraclea, and of the martyr
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Gregoras remained loyal until the death of the elder Andronicus. Thereafter he succeeded in gaining the favour of Andronicus III, who appointed him to conduct negotiations for a union of the Greek and Latin churches with the ambassadors of
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Theodossiou, E. T., Manimanis, V. N., Dimitrijevic, M. S., & Danezis, E., The Greatest Byzantine Astronomer Nicephoros Gregoras and Serbs, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Vol. 80, p. 269-274,
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Theodossiou, E. T., Manimanis, V. N., Dimitrijevic, M. S., & Danezis, E., The Greatest Byzantine Astronomer Nicephoros Gregoras and Serbs, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Vol. 80, p. 269-274,
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on his objections to the doctrine of Palamas; according to Donald Nicol, "It is disappointing that Gregoras the philosopher and historian should have degenerated into a ranting polemicist in his declining years."
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Palamites, destroying his friendship with John Cantacuzene. He was first placed under house arrest, then confined to the
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Niceforo Gregora, Explicatio in librum Synesii de insomniis, a cura di P. Pietrosanti, Collana Pynakes, Levante, 1999
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J. Mogenet, A. Tihon, R. Royez, A. Berg, Nicéphore Grégoras - Calcul de l’éclipse de soleil du 16 Juillet 1330,
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The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196-1303): A New Perspective
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and on the predictive calculation of solar eclipses; and an extensive correspondence.
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Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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supplement and correct each other, and should be read together.
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Beginning in 1346, Gregoras took an important part in the
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Recueil des travaux de l'Institut d'études byzantines
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When Andronicus was dethroned (1328) by his grandson
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Nikephoros Gregoras

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Greek
Greek
astronomer
historian
theologian
Heraclea Pontica
Constantinople
Andronicus II Palaeologus
chartophylax
Gregory XIII
Andronicus III Palaeologus
Barlaam of Calabria
Pope John XXII
Hesychast controversy
Anna
Gregorius Palamas
Joseph of Ganos
Arsenios of Tyre
John VI Cantacuzene
Chora Monastery
George Pachymeres
John Cantacuzene
Codratus of Antioch
Theodore Metochites
Odysseus
Synesius
Easter

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