Published: 2023-02-23

Nature – perichoresis according to Maximus the confessor

Karolina Kochańczyk-Bonińska
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: History
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2010.27.18

Abstract

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

Keywords:

Maximus the Confessor, Christology, perichoresis, communicatio idiomatum, substance, hypostasis, nature

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Kochańczyk-Bonińska, K. (2023). Nature – perichoresis according to Maximus the confessor. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 27, 223–232. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2010.27.18

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