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On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ

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PB-COMYMA
ISBN:
978-0-88141-249-9
Author:
St. Maximus the Confessor
Translators:
Paul M. Blowers & Robert Louis Wilken
Series:
Popular Patristics Series
Volume:
25
Size:
5x7.25
Pages:
188
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The last half of the twentieth century saw the establishment of the reputation of St Maximus the Confessor as the greatest of all Byzantine theologians, with a wholeness of vision that speaks directly to many of our concerns today. Until very recently, however, little of his work had been available in English, save for some collections of brief reflections arranged in centuries and a few brief treatises, too easily classified as "spirituality." This volume provides translations from St Maximus’ two main collections of theological reflections, his Ambigua (or Difficulties) and his Questions to Thalassius, plus one of his Christological opuscula, hitherto unavailable in English.

 

About the Translators:  Paul M. Blowers is Professor of Church History at Emmanuel School of Religion and a historian of early and Byzantine Christianity. Robert Louis Wilken is the William R. Kenan, Jr Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia.

2 Reviews

  • 5
    Quality Purchase

    Posted by Nathanael P on 14th Jun 2023

    Thank you! The book looks great. I am enjoying it already.

  • 5
    On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ

    Posted by Andrew Louth, Professor of Patristics and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham. on 10th Jun 2020

    The translations are accompanied by immensely helpful notes, and prefaced by a long, brilliant introduction to the theology of the Confessor. This is the ideal volume from which to learn at first hand the depth and insight of St Maximus' cosmic vision and grasp of the complexities of human nature, as he patiently explores the nature and consequences of the renewal of all things in Christ. Robert Wilken and Paul Blowers have put us all deeply in their debt.