(), a Greek Monk, A. D. 1341, distinguished in the controversy with the Hesychast or Quietist Monks of
Mount Athos. He supported and succeeded Barlaam in his opposition to their notion that the
light which appeared on the Mount of the Transfiguration was uncreated.
The emperor, John Cantacuzenus, took part (A. D. 1347) with Palamas,
the leader of the Quietists, and obtained the condemnation of Acindynus by several councils at
Constantinople, at one especially in A. D. 1 351. Remains of Acindynus
are, De Essentia et Operatione DEI adversus imperitiam Gregorii Palamae,
&c. in " Variorum Pontificum ad Petrum Gnapheum Eutychianum Epistol." p. 77,
Gretser. 4to. Ingolst. 1616, and Carmen Iambicum de Haeresibus Palamae, "
Graeciae Orthodoxae Scriptores," by Leo. Allatius, p. 755, vol. 1.4to. Rom. 1652.