A thoroughgoing examination of Maximus Confessor-s singular theological vision through the prism of Christ-s cosmic and historical Incarnation.
Jordan Daniel Wood changes the trajectory of patristic scholarship with this comprehensive historical and systematic study of one of the most creative and profound thinkers of the patristic era: Maximus Confessor (560-662 CE). Wood''s panoramic vantage on Maximus-s thought emulates the theological depth of Hans Urs von Balthasar-s Cosmic Liturgy while also serving as a corrective to that classic text.
Maximus''s theological vision may be summed up in his enigmatic assertion that -the Word of God, very God, wills always and in all things to actualize the mystery of his Incarnation.- The Whole Mystery of Christ sets out to explicate this claim. Attentive to the various contexts in which Maximus thought and wrote-including the wisdom of earlier church fathers, conciliar developments in Christologic
