The Christian Metaphysics of St Maximus the Confessor
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Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia - Subsidia Maximiana, vol. 97
Ambiguum 10 of Maximus the Confessor in Modern Study
Papers collected on the Occasion of the Budapest Colloquium on Saint Maximus, 3-4 February 2021
Alexis Léonas, Vladimir Cvetković (eds)
- Pages: 385 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Illustrations:3 b/w
- Language(s):English, Greek, French
- Publication Year:2025
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-61126-6
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The volume is the first to focus exclusively on St. Maximus’ Ambiguum 10. Its approach is multidisciplinary, combining theological, philosophical and history of ideas’ perspectives.
BIO
Vladimir Cvetković is a Research Professor at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade.
Alexis Léonas is an Associate Professor at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.
Summary
Ambiguum 10 is an important sample of Maximus the Confessor’s philosophical exegesis, which has not received concentrated scholarly attention so far. This volume includes a new critical text edition by Prof. Carl Laga and a new English translation by Dr. Joshua Lollar. It also offers a unique insight into the universe of the great Christian thinker, showcasing his extensive knowledge of Aristotelian, Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy and offering possible parallels with the Corpus Hermeticum and Ps-Dionysius the Areopagite. The present volume is the first attempt to bring together scholars from different traditions to understand the message and the reception of this seminal work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
Alex Léonas & Vladimir Cvetković, Ambiguum 10 in context
II. The text of Ambiguum 10
Critical edition by Carl Laga with an English translation by Joshua Lollar
III. Studies
Maximus and his intellectual context
Pascal Mueller-Jourdan, De la production simultanée de la nature et du temps. L’Ambiguum 10 de Maxime à la lumière du Timée de Platon.
Torstein Tollefsen, Aristotelian Categories in Ambiguum 10 (1177B-1181A)
Lyubomira Stefanova, Maximus the Confessor on symbols of manifestation of God the Word in the world
Aleksandar Djakovac, St. Maximus the Confessor and the Hermeticism: Possible Inspiration?
St. Maximus the Christian Philosopher
Daniel Heide, Maximos Confessor’s Threefold Doctrine of Creation ex nihilo
Miklós Vassányi, Maximus the Confessor on the Infinity of God: Ambiguum 10, Sections 40–41. A Critical Reading
Vukašin Milićević, Christ before Christ. Some Observations on Ambiguum 10
Vladimir Cvetković & Ivan Nišavić, Wisdom in Maximus the Confessor’s Ambiguum 10.19
Dionisios Skliris, The divinization of man according to the Tenth Ambiguum of Saint Maximus the Confessor
