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On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume II
Maximos The Confessor
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Hardback. Maximos the Confessor is one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. The Ambigua is his greatest philosophical and doctrinal work, in which daring originality, prodigious talent for speculative thinking, and analytical acumen are on lavish display. The result is a labyrinthine map of the mind's journey to God. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Maximos the Confessor (580-662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy, theology, and spirituality. His profound spiritual experiences and penetrating theological vision found complex and often astonishing expression in his unparalleled command of Greek philosophy, making him one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. So thoroughly did his thought come to influence the Byzantine theological tradition that it is impossible to trace the subsequent history of Orthodox Christianity without knowledge of his work. The Ambigua (or Book of Difficulties ) is Maximos's greatest philosophical and doctrinal work, in which his daring ... Read more
Maximos the Confessor (580-662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy, theology, and spirituality. His profound spiritual experiences and penetrating theological vision found complex and often astonishing expression in his unparalleled command of Greek philosophy, making him one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. So thoroughly did his thought come to influence the Byzantine theological tradition that it is impossible to trace the subsequent history of Orthodox Christianity without knowledge of his work. The Ambigua (or Book of Difficulties ) is Maximos's greatest philosophical and doctrinal work, in which his daring ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674730830
SKU
V9780674730830
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About Maximos The Confessor
Nicholas Constas, formerly Associate Professor at the Harvard Divinity School, is a monk at the Simonopetra Monastery, Mt. Athos, Greece.
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