Book contents
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- 20 Emperor Justin II, The Second Henotikon
- 21 Gregory the Great, Selections from his Homilies
- 22 Gregory the Great, Letters 1.24, 10.21, and 11.52
- 23 Anonymous Apology for Narsai
- 24 Babai the Great, On the Union 9 and 17
- 25 Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical Letter 1.6 and 3.1–17
- 26 Ekthesis of Emperor Heraclius
- 27 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 31 to John
- 28 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 5 to Thomas
- 29 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 3
- 30 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 6
- 31 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 7
- 32 Typos of 647/8
- 33 Acts of the Lateran Synod (October 649): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 34 Acts of the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 35 John of Damascus, On Composite Nature against the Leaderless
- 36 John of Damascus, On the Faith against the Nestorians
- 37 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 57–58
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
27 - Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 31 to John
from Part II - Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2022
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- 20 Emperor Justin II, The Second Henotikon
- 21 Gregory the Great, Selections from his Homilies
- 22 Gregory the Great, Letters 1.24, 10.21, and 11.52
- 23 Anonymous Apology for Narsai
- 24 Babai the Great, On the Union 9 and 17
- 25 Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical Letter 1.6 and 3.1–17
- 26 Ekthesis of Emperor Heraclius
- 27 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 31 to John
- 28 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 5 to Thomas
- 29 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 3
- 30 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 6
- 31 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 7
- 32 Typos of 647/8
- 33 Acts of the Lateran Synod (October 649): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 34 Acts of the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 35 John of Damascus, On Composite Nature against the Leaderless
- 36 John of Damascus, On the Faith against the Nestorians
- 37 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 57–58
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
Summary
Maximus (579/80–662) is one of the most important and influential theologians of the seventh century. His numerous works delve into Trinitarian and Christological theology, metaphysics, anthropology, ascetic spirituality, and an all-embracing vision of cosmic transformation and transfiguration centred on the person of Christ. While the texts translated in this volume are primarily Christological, Maximus’s thought is not easily compartmentalized, and his reflections on the person, natures, activities, and wills of Christ are bound up with his commitment to the authority of scripture and the fathers, to philosophical rigor, and especially to salvation as deification.
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 472 - 479Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022