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This chapter highlights the writings of Maximus the Confessor (580–662), the seventh-century monk whose theological teachings contributed significantly to early Byzantine monasticism and the decisions of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680–81). It explores how the writings of the Confessor have continued into the twenty-first century, inspiring a new generation of scholars. The new millennium finds the ongoing production of scholarship addressing the works of the Confessor. It presents numerous monographs in various languages dealing with the topics of Christology, the body and deification, and with Maximus's philosophical contributions, hermeneutics, cosmology, monothelitism, and anthropology. The chapter seeks to better understand the Confessor's antecedents and influences. In doing so, the chapter examines how Maximus has emerged as an essential church father and contributed to the development of Christian thought. |
