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St. Maximos the Confessor: Seminar (PATR 7800)
Term: Academic Year 2011-2012 Fall
Wed, 2:10 PM - 4:30 PM (9/8/2011 - 12/16/2011) Location: MAIN CLASS 112
This is a course designed to introduce students to thought and theology of St. Maximos the Confessor. Primary foucus will be on the Ambigua to John and the Response to Thalassios. Themes under consideration include Maximos' refutation of Origenism; his transformation to the Evagrian spiritual tradition; his use of Gregory of Nyssa; theological anthropology; and the anagogical exegesis of Scripture.