Platonic and ancient allusions in the creations of St. Gregory Palamas

Abstract

The article dwells on the problem of reception of elements of ancient culture and philosophy (texts by Plato, in the first turn) by St. Gregory Palamas and a change in his views in the course of his theological polemics with Varlaam of Calabria and Akindin. For the purpose of analysis the text of the first composition by Palamas -The lay of the hagiology of the venerable Peter of mount Athos which has been unknown so far for our researchers