The Byzantine Christ : person, nature, and will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor /

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 the...

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1. Verfasser:
Bathrellos, Demetrios
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Zusammenfassung:
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 andpromoting the heresy of Monothelitism (only one will in Christ) as a bridge between the Byzantine Church and the a
Umfang:
1 online resource (240 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
ISBN:
9786612052781
1-282-05278-0
0-19-153172-3
Schlagworte:
Maximus, > Confessor, Saint, > approximately 580-662.
Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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