hesychasm - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Answer some questions about the beliefs of the 14th–century Orthodox saint and theologian Gregory Palamas. For 10 points each:

[10m] Palamas defended this mystical practice against the attacks of Barlaam of Calabria. In this practice, one recites the Jesus prayer in order to experience the Tabor Light.

ANSWER: hesychasm (“HEZ-ih-KAZ-um”)

[10h] Palamas described a distinction between these two forms of God, one of which humans can interact with through hesychasm while the other remains unreachable.

ANSWER: God’s essence AND God’s energies [accept answers in either order; accept ousia in place of “essence”; accept energeia in place of “energies”]

[10e] Palamas also disagreed with Barlaam’s assertion that it is impossible to know whether this third member of the Trinity proceeded from the Son, since Barlaam argued that God is unknowable.

ANSWER: Holy Spirit [or Holy Ghost]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%

Data


I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis	MIT B	0	0	10	10
Brown	RIT	0	0	10	10
Yale	Harvard	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	CWRU	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	JHU B	0	0	10	10
John Jay	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Maryland C	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Mount Sinai	0	0	10	10
JHU A	Swarthmore	0	0	10	10
Texas B	Central Oklahoma	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Oklahoma	0	0	10	10
Illinois	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
UChicago C	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	UChicago B	0	0	10	10
Purdue B	Indiana	0	0	10	10
abg academy	New Young Whigs of America	10	10	10	30
rusty shackleford	Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	10	10	10	30
McGill Fartlets	Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	0	0	10	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	0	10	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	Carleton A	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Waterloo you are crooked	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	#OpenToBuzz	0	0	10	10
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Guelph perfomative male competition	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa 67s	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Free Win	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley C	10	0	10	20
Coughing Baby	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	10	10	20
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	To buzz is to be perceived	10	0	10	20
Chimp Brisket	Knorr Stock Clue	0	0	10	10
Bristold	Of Mice and Penn	0	0	10	10
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	Washed Scrubs	10	0	10	20
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	The Bit and the Penndulum	0	0	10	10
question mark	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	0	10	10
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	10	0	10	20
Hail to the Sheaf	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	0	10	10
Wise Duke	VT B	0	0	10	10
Planck Sinatra	UNC A	0	0	10	10
VT A	UNC B	10	0	10	20
Truman State	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	0	0	0	0
WashU Bouba	WashU Kiki	10	0	10	20