Neilos Kabasilas Explained

Neilos Kabasilas (also Nilus Cabasilas; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νεῖλος Καβάσιλας Neilos Kavasilas), was a fourteenth-century Greek^[1] Palamite theologian who succeeded Gregory Palamas as Metropolitan of Thessalonica (1361–1363). Neilos, who was called Nicholas as a layman, has often been confused with his nephew, the more famous Nicholas Kabasilas, best known for his Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.

Neilos was a teacher of the famed translator of Thomas Aquinas into Greek, Demetrios Kydones. As a theologian, his most important works are a Theological Rule in defense of the essence-energies distinction and a series of discourses against the Filioque (the Latin teaching on the procession of the Holy Spirit).

References

• Théophile Kislas (Éd.), Nil Cabasilas, Sur le Saint-Esprit. Introduction, texte critique, traduction et notes (Paris, 2001).
• Manuel Candal, Nilus Cabasilas et theologia S. Thomae. De Processione Spiritus sancti (Rome, 1945).

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaffa, Elena. The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196-1303): A New Perspective. 2014-06-26. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-6299-8. 78. en.