Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor - Tollefsen, Torstein (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo)

Maximus the Confessor (580-662) was an important Byzantine thinker, the 'father of Byzantine theology'. This study describes his metaphysical world-view. The discussion covers Maximus' doctrine of creation, the Logos and the logoi, the cosmic order, the activities or energies of God, and how created beings may participate in God.