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Maximus the Confessor (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 – 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar.
Mar 26, 2024 · Saint Maximus the Confessor, the most important Byzantine theologian of the 7th century whose commentaries on the early 6th-century Christian Neoplatonist Pseudo-Dionysius and on the Greek Church Fathers considerably influenced the theology and mysticism of the Middle Ages.
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May 14, 2020 · Our venerable and God-bearing Father Maximus the Confessor (ca. 580-662) was an Orthodox Christian monk and ascetical writer known especially for his courageous fight against the heresy of Monothelitism. His feast days in the Church are celebrated on January 21 and, for the translation of his relics, on August 13 .
August 13 in the West, January 21 in the East. Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (c. 580 - August 13, 662 C.E.) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610-641 C.E. ).
- c. 580 in Constantinople or Palestine
- August 13, 662 in exile in Georgia (Eurasia)
- Pre-Congregation
- Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity
Aug 13, 2020 · Maximus the Confessor's Summation of Early Patristic Thought. by Jean-Paul Juge August 13, 2020. Deification. Although Maximus the Confessor wrote in the seventh century A.D., his theology in many respects epitomizes and crystallizes the core movements of early patristic thought.
May 23, 2024 · St. Maximus the Confessor - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News. Presto. St. Maximus the Confessor. 13 August. The monk. In the great, imperial city of Constantinople, Maximus (born around 580), the proto-secretary of Emperor Heraclius, was a brilliant young man.
Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor, born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in the Monothelite controversy one of the chief doctors of the theology of the Incarnation and of ascetic mysticism, and remarkable as a witness to the respect for the papacy held by the Greek Church in ...
