Maximus and the Trinity - by Eric L Lopez (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book explores Maximus' Trinitarian theology, starting with his early works and then moving through the various stages of his writing to analyze how his theology had developed.

Book Synopsis

This book explores Maximus's Trinitarian theology, starting with his early works and then moving through the various stages of his writing to analyze how his theology developed in its Late Antique context. While Maximus's Trinitarian theology is inextricably linked with his Christology, this book offers a more nuanced account of their relationship and demonstrates how a broad set of traditions, concerns, and controversies gave a Trinitarian shape to his vision of Christian life and doctrine.

Review Quotes

"Maximus's vision of the Trinity is often hidden behind his magisterial reflections on the person of Christ. In this book, Eric Lopez redirects our gaze and opens up for us welcome and vibrant new vistas into the triune architecture of the Confessor's thought." --Lewis Ayres, Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology, Durham University

"The historic Christology of Maximus the Confessor has accrued an immense scholarship over the decades, but not since 1983 (Pierre Piret) has anyone concentrated primarily on the important interconnections of Maximus's Christology with his Trinitarian doctrine. Eric Lopez offers a fresh look, discerning correlative "grammars" of pro-Nicene Trinitarian faith in Maximus, grounded both in his ascetical teaching on the mystery of deification, and his more technical engagement of the "immanent" Trinity in his later writings. Lopez demonstrates once more the importance of reading Maximus as an integrative thinker intent on weaving together praxis, contemplation, exegesis, and theological speculation marked by a passion for precision." --Paul M. Blowers, Milligan University

About the Author

Eric Lopez is assistant professor of historical theology and biblical studies at Life Pacific College, San Dimas, California.