{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-maximus-the-confessor-logos-will-and-the-unity-of-all-things-in-christ","title":"The Wisdom of Maximus the Confessor: Logos, Will, and the Unity of All Things in Christ","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWhat did it cost a seventh-century monk to insist that Jesus Christ had a real human will? His tongue and his right hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) is one of the great minds of late antiquity, the architect of the doctrine that the will of Christ is two and not one, and the central figure in the Byzantine controversies that ended in his torture and exile. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wisdom of Maximus the Confessor: Logos, Will, and the Unity of All Things in Christ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a clear, contemplative introduction to his life, his thought, and the long aftermath of his witness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book moves through the patient inheritance Maximus received from Origen, the Cappadocians, and Pseudo-Dionysius; the deep metaphysics of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elogoi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in which every creature has its inner principle in the eternal Word; the technical Christology of two natures and two wills; the ascetic theology of charity and the transformation of the passions; the cosmic liturgy of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMystagogia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and the imperial trials that ended in mutilation in Lazica.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders will find:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA careful unfolding of the doctrine of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elogoi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and its implications for the Christian view of creation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Christological metaphysics of two natures, two wills, and one person, with attention to its bearing on freedom and grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA reading of the eucharistic liturgy as the figure of the cosmos in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMystagogia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ascetic spirituality of apatheia, charity, and the reordering of the passions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contested doctrine of universal restoration, treated with the caution Maximus himself preferred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe historical drama of the Lateran Council of 649, the trials at Constantinople, and the long vindication that followed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wisdom of Maximus the Confessor: Logos, Will, and the Unity of All Things in Christ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together biography, doctrine, and spiritual practice into a single contemplative narrative, accessible to readers without specialist training and rewarding for those who want to engage one of the deepest minds of the Christian tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912486052031,"sku":"822920db-c855-471d-a837-d6c224ad7ced","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/34f534609379dea8774b087e2f1e1f80.jpg?v=1785008586","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-maximus-the-confessor-logos-will-and-the-unity-of-all-things-in-christ","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}