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John Maxentius was an early sixth-century Christian theologian and one of the leading figures among the group traditionally known as the Scythian monks. Writing during the Christological controversies that followed the Council of Chalcedon, Maxentius defended the confession that the one who suffered in the flesh was truly one of the Trinity and sought to demonstrate the fundamental agreement of Cyril of Alexandria, Chalcedon, and the theology of grace associated with Augustine. His surviving writings provide an important witness to the development of Latin and Greek Christological thought in the generation preceding the Second Council of Constantinople.
This volume gathers the complete surviving works of John Maxentius, making available in one collection the writings of one of the most significant theologians associated with the Scythian monks. Written amid the continuing controversies over the Council of Chalcedon, these works address the incarnation, the unity of Christ’s person, the suffering of the incarnate Son, grace, free will, and the authority of the church’s patristic inheritance. Together they illuminate an important but frequently overlooked chapter in the development of sixth-century Christology and reveal Maxentius’s attempt to defend both Cyrilline Christology and an Augustinian understanding of grace within the theological settlement of Chalcedon.
5×8
Paperback
246 pages
John Maxentius was an early sixth-century Christian theologian and one of the leading figures among the group traditionally known as the Scythian monks. Writing during the Christological controversies that followed the Council of Chalcedon, Maxentius defended the confession that the one who suffered in the flesh was truly one of the Trinity and sought to demonstrate the fundamental agreement of Cyril of Alexandria, Chalcedon, and the theology of grace associated with Augustine. His surviving writings provide an important witness to the development of Latin and Greek Christological thought in the generation preceding the Second Council of Constantinople.
This volume gathers the complete surviving works of John Maxentius, making available in one collection the writings of one of the most significant theologians associated with the Scythian monks. Written amid the continuing controversies over the Council of Chalcedon, these works address the incarnation, the unity of Christ’s person, the suffering of the incarnate Son, grace, free will, and the authority of the church’s patristic inheritance. Together they illuminate an important but frequently overlooked chapter in the development of sixth-century Christology and reveal Maxentius’s attempt to defend both Cyrilline Christology and an Augustinian understanding of grace within the theological settlement of Chalcedon.
5×8
Paperback
246 pages
