St. Maximus the Confessor

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Byzantine monk Byzantine philosopher Christian martyr Christian mystic Christian theologian Church Father Eastern Orthodox saint saint

St. Maximus the Confessor was a 7th-century Byzantine Christian monk, theologian, and mystic renowned for his profound contributions to Eastern Orthodox theology, especially on Christology and the spiritual life.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine monk ⓘ Byzantine philosopher ⓘ Christian martyr ⓘ Christian mystic ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ Church Father ⓘ Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ saint ⓘ
birthDate	c. 580 ⓘ
causeOfTitle	suffered for the faith without being executed immediately ⓘ
church	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
citizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate	13 August 662 ⓘ
deathPlace	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus region Lazica ⓘ
era	7th century ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine era
feastDay	13 August (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ 21 January (Eastern Orthodox Church) ⓘ
field	Christology ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ spiritual theology ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
influenced	Byzantine mysticism ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ surface form: Gregory Palamas John of Damascus ⓘ
influencedBy	Evagrius Ponticus ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ Origen ⓘ Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
knownFor	Christology ⓘ cosmic theology ⓘ defense of Dyothelitism ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ opposition to Monothelitism ⓘ spiritual theology ⓘ theology of deification ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
majorWork	Ambigua ⓘ Chapters on Knowledge ⓘ Four Hundred Texts on Love ⓘ Protoevangelium of James ⓘ surface form: Life of the Virgin (attributed) Mystagogia ⓘ Questions to Thalassius ⓘ
movement	Nicene Christianity ⓘ surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity
name	St. Maximus the Confessor self-link ⓘ surface form: Maximus the Confessor
occupation	monk ⓘ mystic ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ
persecutedBy	Byzantine authorities supporting Monothelitism ⓘ
punishment	exile ⓘ mutilation of right hand ⓘ mutilation of tongue ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople North Africa ⓘ Rome ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	Maximus the Confessor (scholarly studies) ⓘ
theologicalPosition	affirmed two natures in Christ ⓘ affirmed two wills in Christ ⓘ developed a cosmic liturgy theology ⓘ emphasized synergy between divine and human wills ⓘ taught theosis as union with God ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology
title	Confessor ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches