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The Byzantine Christ - Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor (Hardcover)
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The Byzantine Christ - Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
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St Maximus the Confessor is one of the giants of Christian
theology. His doctrine of two wills gave the final shape to ancient
Christology and was ratified by the Sixth Ecumenical Council in AD
681. This study throws new light upon one of the most interesting
periods of historical and systematic theology. Its focus is the
seventh century, the century that saw the rapid expansion of Islam,
and the Empire's failed attempt to retain many of its south-eastern
provinces by inventing and promoting the heresy of Monothelitism
(only one will in Christ) as a bridge between the Byzantine Church
and the anti-Chalcedonian Churches which prevailed in some of these
areas. From the point of view of systematic theology, the book
examines the meaning of the terms person/hypostasis,
nature/essence, and will in the context of Christology after the
Council of Chalcedon (AD 451), with special reference to Maximus.
It also explores the complex question of the human will of Jesus
Christ and its relation to his person and natures. The Byzantine
Christ enhances our understanding of Eastern Orthodox theology and
of some of the reasons that still separate it both from Western
Christianity and from the so-called Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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