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| Born | c. 1319 Thessaloniki, Byzantine Empire |
| Died | c. 1392 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Catholic Churches[a] |
| Feast | 20 June |
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Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas (Greek: Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; c. 1319/1323 – c. 1392) was a Byzantine theological writer and mystic.[1][2]
Cabasilas is revered as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is 20 June.[3][4] The Catholic Church uses extracts from his Life in Christ as readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter in Year II of the provisional two-year cycle for the Office of Readings).[5]
He is known for his two most famous texts, Life in Christ and Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.[6]
Life
[edit]Little of his life is known with certainty, including the dates of his birth and death.[7]
Cabasilas was the nephew of theologian and clergyman Neilos Kabasilas.[8]
He was on intimate terms with the emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, whom he accompanied in his retirement to a monastery. He was once thought to have succeeded his uncle Neilos Kabasilas as archbishop of Thessalonica;[9] however, contemporary records of that see do not show Nicholas as serving as archbishop. It is more likely that he served as a priest at the Mangana Monastery in Constantinople.[10]
In the Hesychast controversy he supported the monks of Mount Athos[9] and Gregory Palamas.[11]
Work
[edit]His chief work is Περὶ τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ζωῆς ("On the Life in Christ"),[12] in which he teaches that union with Christ is achieved through the three great mysteries of baptism, chrismation, and the Eucharist. Cabasilas's Commentary on the Divine Liturgy displays a profound understanding of the sacramental and liturgical life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He also wrote homilies on various subjects and a speech against usurers, printed with other works by Jacques Paul Migne in Patrologia Graeca. He also wrote an encomium on the ninth-century nun and saint Theodora of Thessaloniki.[13] A large number of his works survive in manuscript form.[9]
Legacy
[edit]He was canonized in the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1983, with his feast day set on 20 June.[14]
Bibliography
[edit]- Cabasilas, N. (1960). Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. Translated by Hussey, J. M.; McNulty, P. A. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 0-913836-37-0.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Cabasilas, N. (1974). The Life in Christ. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 0-913836-12-5.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Cabasilas, Nicolaus (1974). The Life in Christ. Translated by DeCantazaro, Carmino J. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780913836125.
- ↑ "Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας" [Saint Nicholas Kabasilas]. Great Book of Saints (in Greek). 2009.
- ↑ "Lives of all saints commemorated on June 20". Orthodox Church in America.
- ↑ "Nicholas Cabasilas". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
- ↑ "Domingo V de Pascua" [Fifth Sunday of Easter]. Mercaba (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
- ↑ Cabasilas, Nicholas (2002). A Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. Translated by Hussey, J. M.; McNulty, P. A. Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. pp. viii. ISBN 9780913836378.
- ↑ "Venerable Nicholas Cabasilas". Orthodox Church in America.
- 1 2 3 Chisholm 1911.
- ↑ Cabasilas, Nicolaus (1974). The Life in Christ. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. p. 10. ISBN 0913836125.
- ↑ "Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
- ↑ Gass, W. Peri tes en Christo zoes. 1849.
- ↑ Talbot 1996, p. 162.
- ↑ "Venerable Nicholas Cabasilas". Orthodox Church in America.
Sources
[edit]- Krumbacher, Karl (1897). Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur. Munich, Germany: C. H. Beck.
- Herzog, Johann Jakob; Hauck, Albert, eds. (1901). Realencyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche. Leipzig, Germany: J. C. Hinrichs.
- Parry, Ken; Melling, David, eds. (1999). The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-23203-6.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cabasilas, Nicolaus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 914.
Further reading
[edit]- Russell, Eugenia (2010). "Nicholas Kavasilas Chamaëtos (c. 1322 – c. 1390): A Unique Voice Among his Contemporaries". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 54: 123–37. doi:10.1484/J.NMS.1.100772.
- Metso, Pekka (2010). Divine Presence in the Eucharistic Theology of Nicholas Cabasilas. Joensuu: Itä-Suomen yliopisto, University of Eastern Finland. ISBN 978-952-61-0080-7.
- Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry (1996). "Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 159–238. ISBN 978-0-88402-248-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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