Maximus the Confessor
Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (c. 580 - 662)
b. 579 · d. 13 Aug 662
Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and Neoplatonic scholar.
Related people
- Sophronius of Jerusalem disciple of · traditional
- Anastasius Sinaita teacher of · traditional
- Anastasius Apocrisiarius teacher of · traditional
- Anastasius teacher of · traditional
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years 1 claim — Lateran Council of 649
What he held
- One will in Christ In Christ there is one will, and one theandric operation.
- Two wills and two operations In Christ there are two natural wills and two natural operations, without division, without change, without separation and without confusion, the human will following and not resisting the divine.
In the disputes
- The dispute over the wills of Christ A formula of union offered to the churches that had refused Chalcedon: grant two natures, but one will.