The methodology of theological thinking in the works of St. Maximus the Confessor
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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent28.01.042Keywords:
methodology, theology, anthropology, Christian PlatonismAbstract
The author proves the inadequacy of previous studies of Maximus the Confessor’s theological system. These studies paid little attention to the originality of transformation of Cappadocian Fathers’ teaching by this thinker. The paper demonstrates that Maximus turned out to be ahead of his time in his ontological reinterpretation of the previous patristic tradition. A revolutionary version of Christian Platonism created by Maximus the Confessor, requires new stu-dies, especially in comparison with the ancient philosophers.References
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Larchet, J.-C. (1996). La divinisation de l'homme selon saint Maxime le Confesseur. Paris: Cerf.
Mesyats, S.V. (2005). The transformation of the antique understanding of the Absolute in Christian theology of IV century. [In Russian]. In P. P. Gaydenko, & V. V. Petrov (Eds.), Space and soul. The teachings of the universe and man in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (pp. 823-858) Moscow: Progress-Traditsiya.
Mueller-Jourdan, P. (2005). Typologies spatio-temporelle de l'Ecclesia byzantine. La Mystagogie de Maxime le Confesseur dans la culture philosophique de l'Antiquité tardive. Leiden, & Boston: Brill.
Nesterova, O. E. (2006). Allegoria pro typologia. Origen and the fate of the allegorical method of interpretation of Scripture in the Early patristic era. [In Russian]. Moscow: IMLI RAN.
Pelikan, J. (1982). The place of Maximus the Confessor in the history of christian thought. In F. Heinzer, & Ch. Schoenborn (Eds.), Maximus Confessor. Actes du Symposium sur Maxime le Confesseur, Fribour 2-5-Septembre, 1980 (pp. 387-402). Fribourg, Suisse: Editions Universitaire.
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Rappe, S. (1964). Scepticism in the Sixth Century? Damascius' Doubts and Solutions Conserning First Principies. The Journal of the History of Philosophy, 92, 330-357.
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Svetlov, R. V. (2000). Damascius Diadoch as a representative of the Athenian school of Neoplatonism. [In Russian]. Damascius Diadoch, Quaestiones de primis principiis (pp. 755-828). (L. Yu. Lukomskiy, Trans.). St-Petersburg: RHGI.
Thunberg, L. (1995). Microcosm and Mediator. The Theological Antropology of Maximus the Confessor. Chicago: Open Court.
Tollefsen, T. T. (2008). The Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor. Oxford: Oxford UP. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199237142.001.0001
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Chornomorets, Y. (2013). The methodology of theological thinking in the works of St. Maximus the Confessor. Sententiae, 28(1), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent28.01.042
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