Byzantine Christ Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor

Name: Byzantine Christ Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor
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ISBN: 9780199258642

ISBN-10: 0199258643

ISBN-13: 9780199258642

Edition: 2004

Authors: Demetrios Bathrellos

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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…

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List price: $245.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/13/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.82" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Introduction



From the Fourth Century to Chalcedon and Beyond



Introduction



Apollinarism



Nestorianism



St Cyril of Alexandria



The Council of Chalcedon



The Anti-Chalcedonian Challenge



The Post-Chalcedonian Response



The Fifth Ecumenical Council



Conclusions



The Monothelite Heresy of the Seventh Century



Introduction



Historical Outline



Reviewing the Literature



The Christology of the Monothelites of the Seventh Century



The Background of the Monothelite Heresy of the Seventh Century



Conclusions and Assessment



The Dyothelite Christology of St Maximus the Confessor



Introduction



Person-Hypostasis, Nature-Essence, Unity and Distinction in the Christology of St Maximus



The Notion of Will in St Maximus



St Maximus' Defence of Dyothelite Christology



The Particularity and Function of the Human Will of Jesus Christ According to St Maximus



Further Issues Relating to St Maximus' Dyothelite Christology and their Theological Significance



Introduction



Person or Nature? Leo, Maximus, and the Question of the Subject of Willing



Concluding Remarks on St Maximus' Understanding of the Will and its Theological Significance



St Maximus' Early Acceptance of `One Energy' and the Possibility of a Legitimate Monothelite Terminology



Epilogue