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1 day ago · Although the main opponents of Monothelitism – St. Sophronius of Jerusalem and St. Maximus the Confessor – were Greek, four of the Eastern patriarchates fell into the heresy, leaving only the Western patriarchate of Rome to uphold the Orthodox faith.
17 hours ago · Hence, in Eastern Orthodox thought, Maximus the Confessor justified the Western use of the Filioque in a context other than that of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. [193] [m] and "defended [the Filioque] as a legitimate variation of the Eastern formula that the Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son". [91]
1 day ago · Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (c. 580 – 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar.
2 days ago · As in this illustrative quote by St Maximus the Confessor: Mystical theology teaches us to know God as a single unoriginate Nous , self-existent, the begetter of a single, self-existent, unoriginate Logos , and the source of a single everlasting life, self-existent as the Holy Spirit: a Trinity in Unity and a Unity in Trinity.
4 days ago · For instance, St. Maximus the Confessor draws a distinction between the nous (intellect or spiritual eye) and phantasia. While the nous is the faculty meant for direct communion with God, phantasia deals with images and is more prone to distraction.
3 days ago · Maximus the Confessor critic of monothelitism; saw the Incarnation as goal of history; John of Damascus, early 8th c. synthesis of Greek fathers; defended icons
2 days ago · Ignatius of Antioch (/ ɪɡˈneɪʃəs /; Greek: Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας, translit. Ignátios Antiokheías; died c. 108/140 AD), [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 7 ][ 8 ][ 9 ] also known as Ignatius Theophorus (Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Θεοφόρος, Ignátios ho Theophóros, 'the God-bearing'), was an early Christian writer and Patriarch of Antioch.
