Imitation, knowledge, and the task of Christology in Maximus the Confessor /

Maximus the Confessor (580-662) was a monk and theologian whose combustive historical era, committed doctrinal reflection, and loud and influential voice took him on a turbulent career of traveling and writing around the Mediterranean. Maximus was a spiritual teacher, an ascetic, a man in love with...

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Main Author: Steven, Luke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : The Lutterworth Press, James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Book Title
  • Copyright
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Knowing-by-likeness
  • 2 Knowing-by-likeness in Maximus the Confessor
  • 3 Deification, Christ's incarnation in the believer, and knowing-by-likeness
  • 4 Praise and persuasion
  • 5 Descending, ascending, and doing Christology by likeness
  • 6 Imitation, desire, and discerning dyothelite Christology
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover
  • Blank Page