The Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus The Confessor

870 Pages·2.903 MB·English

by  Torstein Theodor Tollefsen

Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The Divine Ideas and the Creation of the Cosmos
3. The Logos, the logoi , and Created Beings
4. The Divine Activity
5. The Concept of Participation
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index

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The Christocentric
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TORSTEIN THEODOR TOLLEFSEN
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The Christocentric cosmology of St. Maximus the Confessor / Torstein
Theodor Tollefsen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923714-2
1. Maximus, Confessor, Saint, ca. 580–662. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Cosmology. I. Title.
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