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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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. ).
St. Maximus the Confessor, born around 580 AD, is a figure of reverence and admiration in the annals of Christian history. His birthplace, while debated among historians, is often pinpointed to either the Haspin Golan Heights or the illustrious city of Constantinople, which is modern-day Istanbul, Turkey.
