Nicholas Cabasilas explains sacramental life and the liturgy
About this date: 1370–1390 is a reading-map window for the mature writings, not secure start and finish dates for either treatise.
Cabasilas explains Christian life through the sacraments and the Divine Liturgy. His two best-known works connect participation in Christ with the Church's worship and the cultivation of virtue.
Historical context
Writing in the world shaped by the hesychast controversies, he treats liturgical and everyday Christian life as closely related.
Key points
- The Life in Christ discusses the holy mysteries and divine grace.
- The liturgical commentary explains the sequence and meaning of worship.
- His teaching concerns the transformation of Christian life.
People
- Nicholas Cabasilas
Sources and further reading
- Nicholas Cabasilas: works and reception
Institutional hagiography identifies the works; it does not fix their publication years.