What does hesachysm mean?

Question

This is on my Introduction to Religions exam tomorrow and I have no idea what it means.

Smartass...I did search it in google and I am writing it exactly from the study guide.

Thank you...she probably did spell it wrong and google didn't provide any "did you mean ___?"...

Answer 1

Here... it's in Wiki, but it's spelled differently...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesychasm

Answer 2

Hesychasm
A term applied to three distinct but related stages of development of Eastern Christian spirituality. The term comes from the Greek word meaning "tranquility."

Answer 3

Prayer practiced by Eastern Orthodox hermits (Hesychasts)

You have it spelled wrong

Answer 4

Are you sure it's not "hesychasm"?

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040296/Hesychasm

In Eastern Christianity, type of monastic life in which practitioners seek divine quietness through the contemplation of God in uninterrupted prayer. Such prayer, involving the entire human being—soul, mind, and body—is often called “pure,” or “intellectual,” prayer or the Jesus prayer.

Answer 5

Try hesychasm, which is from the Greek and means, "quietness," if memory serves me well.

Answer 6

"Hesychism" (note spelling) is a form of Christian mysticism that involves repeating the name of Jesus over & over again.

"Prayer, solitude, praise of glory, silence of the mind and heart are, as many biblical values, dear to Eastern Monasticism, and they culminate in “Esychia” (hence hesychism), that is interior quietude and serenity of the soul which has emigrated to God and found its peace in Him."

Answer 7

I cant find it in a dictionary. Is it english and is it spelled right

Answer 8

Does anyone ever use Google anymore?

Answer 9

i would google it if i'm not sure about the answer.goodluck!

Answer 10

something in catholicism.