Man and the cosmos
: the vision of St. Maximus the Confessor
/ by Lars Thunberg
; with a foreword by A.M. Allchin
Language: Αγγλικά.Country: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής.Publication: Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985Description: 184 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0881410195 (pbk.).Dewey: 230.14 (Edition 23rd)Old Classification: Ζ2 (Δογματική θεολογία)Abstract: Lars Thunberg, the author of the excellent study Microcosm and Mediator: The Theological Anthropology of St Maximus the Confessor, provides in this text a shorter, more popular study of this famous Byzantine theologian. While preserving the essence of his earlier work, he makes accessible to the general reader the thought of Maximus on the cosmos, the nature of man, man's relationship with God and the world, Christology, the liturgical and sacramental dimension, and history and eschatology. Included also is an excellent appendix on "Symbol and Mystery: Christ's Eucharistic Presence." According to Thunberg, what concerns Maximus most of all is "the central fact [of] the reciprocity between God and man. On the ontological level, this reciprocity is one between an archetype and its image. It should become manifest on the existential level through a double movement: God's movement toward men in the Incarnation ... and man's movement toward God in the imitative process of deification... Th... (more)Bibliography: Includes index and bibliography (p. 175-178).Subject - Topical Name: χριστιανική ανθρωπολογία | τριαδικό δόγμα | σωτηριολογία | εκκλησιολογία Item type:
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| Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | |
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| Paraklitos Library Κεντρικά Βιβλιοστάσια | Γενική Θεολογία & Δογματική | 230.14 ΜαξΟ ThuL m 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available |
Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note: Includes index and bibliography (p. 175-178).
Summary or Abstract: Lars Thunberg, the author of the excellent study Microcosm and Mediator: The Theological Anthropology of St Maximus the Confessor, provides in this text a shorter, more popular study of this famous Byzantine theologian. While preserving the essence of his earlier work, he makes accessible to the general reader the thought of Maximus on the cosmos, the nature of man, man's relationship with God and the world, Christology, the liturgical and sacramental dimension, and history and eschatology. Included also is an excellent appendix on "Symbol and Mystery: Christ's Eucharistic Presence."
According to Thunberg, what concerns Maximus most of all is "the central fact [of] the reciprocity between God and man. On the ontological level, this reciprocity is one between an archetype and its image. It should become manifest on the existential level through a double movement: God's movement toward men in the Incarnation ... and man's movement toward God in the imitative process of deification... The reciprocity between God and man for Maximus implies a natural capacity, and even will, to move in the direction of the other."
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