Maximus the Confessor
Maximus the Confessor, also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. He gave up this life in the political sphere to enter the monastic life.
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Maximus the Confessor, also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. He gave up this life in the political sphere to enter the monastic life. He was eventually persecuted for his Christological positions; following a trial, his tongue and right hand were mutilated. He died on 13 August 662, in Tsageri in present-day Georgia. However, his theology was upheld by the Third Council of Constantinople and he was venerated as a saint soon after his death. It is highly uncommon among the saints that he has two feast days: 13 August and 21 January. His title of “Confessor” means that he suffered for the Christian faith, but was not directly martyred. The Monothelite position was developed as a compromise between the dyophysitists and the miaphists, who believed dyophysitism was indistinguishable from Nestorianism.
The position was promulgated by Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople by Maximus’ friend and successor as Abbot of Chrysopolis, Pyrrhus. Following the death of Maximus, the successor and successor of the Abbot, Pyrrhhus, went on to say that Christ had only a divine will and no human will. The Chalcedonian definition of the hypostatic union: that two natures, divine and human, were united in the person of Christ However, they went to great lengths to deny this, saying that Christ had no divine will, and that he had a human and human personality. They also said that he was not a divine being, but a human being with a divine personality. He is venerated in both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches, and is considered a saint.
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