Creation is Incarnation: The Metaphysical Peculiarity of the Logoi in Maximus Confessor

Maximian logoi or the "principles" of created being are often virtually identified with Platonic ideas or forms. This assumption obscures what is distinctive about Maximus's concept of the logoi. I first note two metaphysical peculiarities of his doctrine, and then propose that these...

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Main Author: Wood, Jordan Daniel 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Modern theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-102
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maximus, Confessor, Heiliger 580-662 / Platonism / Theory of ideas / Creation / Christology / Incarnation of Jesus Christ
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBF Christology
VA Philosophy
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