1. As an Athonite monk, Palamas had learned to practice Hesychasm . 2. Gregory Palamas, afterwards Archbishop of Thessalonica, defended Hesychasm . 3. Mount Athos is a centre of the practice of Hesychasm . 4. Hesychasm is of primary importance in the ascetical theology of the Orthodox Church.5. Akindynos having died in 1348, Nicephorus Gregoras became the chief opponent of Hesychasm . 6. In the past, Roman Catholic theologians generally expressed a negative view of Hesychasm . 7. Roman Catholic theologians have generally expressed a negative view of Hesychasm until the 20th century. 8. The Hesychasm or Palamite controversy was not a conflict between Orthodoxy and the Papacy,. 9. As the Great Schism between East and West grew, conflict arose over misunderstandings about Hesychasm . 10. Nevertheless, Roman Catholicism in recent years has shown itself more open to ideas of Hesychasm .
