The seven documents in this book, which appear for the first time in an English translation from Greek and Latin, constitute a unique contemporary witness to the stalwart opposition of the monk Maximus the Confessor to seventh-century imperial edicts enforcing adherence to the doctrines of monoenergism and monothelitism.
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Original Language: Greek, Latin
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The Byzantine empire in the seventh century was overtaken by successive waves of radical change, in respect of its internal structures, both imperial and social, and its religious groupings as defined by the Council of Chalcedon (451). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Father Maximus, Lateran Synod, Bishop Theodosius, Anastasius the Apocrisiarius, Sixth Ecumenical Council, Theodosius of Gangra, Anastasius the Disciple, Pope Martin, Anastasius Apocrisiarius, God the Word, Theodore Spoudaeus, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Maximus the Confessor, Fifth Ecumenical Council, Holy Spirit, Council of Chalcedon, Christ God, Emperor Heraclius, Maximus Confessor, Our Lady, Pope Theodore, Portus Romanus, Southern Italy, Three Chapters, Doctnna Patrum New!
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The Byzantine empire in the seventh century was overtaken by successive waves of radical change, in respect of its internal structures, both imperial and social, and its religious groupings as defined by the Council of Chalcedon (451). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theandric activity, fifth indiction, synodical letter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Maximus, Lateran Synod, Bishop Theodosius, Anastasius the Apocrisiarius, Sixth Ecumenical Council, Theodosius of Gangra, Anastasius the Disciple, Pope Martin, Anastasius Apocrisiarius, God the Word, Theodore Spoudaeus, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Maximus the Confessor, Fifth Ecumenical Council, Holy Spirit, Council of Chalcedon, Christ God, Emperor Heraclius, Maximus Confessor, Our Lady, Pope Theodore, Portus Romanus, Southern Italy, Three Chapters, Doctnna Patrum New!
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- Maximus the Confessor (The Early Church Fathers) by Andrew Louth on 4 pages
- Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture by J. F. Haldon in Back Matter
- The Early Church (The Penguin History of the Church) (v. 1) by Henry Chadwick in Front Matter
- A Patristic Greek Lexicon by G. W. H. Lampe in Front Matter
- The Byzantine Empire by Robert Browning on page 45
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