Maximus the Confessor is one of the first authors who use the term perichoresis. What is more important, facing monophysitism and monotheletism he defines the fundamental terms, such as substance, hypostasis and nature. On the base of these formulas he develops his doctrine of two natures in one hypostasis, underlining that we cannot use the terms: fu¢sij su¢nqetoj, mi¢a a¥plw¤j fu¢sij or mi¢a su¢nqetoj fu¢sij in relation to Christ. The only proper term is u¥po¢stasij su¢nqetoj - Son of God consubstantial with Father and with all human beings
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