Table of Contents

Introduction
I. From the Fourth Century to Chalcedon and Beyond
1: Introduction
2: Apollinarism
3: Nestorianism
4: St Cyril of Alexandria
5: The Council of Chalcedon
6: The Anti-Chalcedonian Challenge
7: The Post-Chalcedonian Response
8: The Fifth Ecumenical Council
9: Conclusions
II. The Monothelite Heresy of the Seventh Century
1: Introduction
2: Historical Outline
3: Reviewing the Literature
4: The Christology of the Monothelites of the Seventh Century
5: The Background of the Monothelite Heresy of the Seventh Century
6: Conclusions and Assessment
III. The Dyothelite Christology of St Maximus the Confessor
1: Introduction
2: Person-Hypostasis, Nature-Essence, Unity and Distinction in the Christology of St Maximus
3: The Notion of Will in St Maximus
4: St Maximus' Defence of Dyothelite Christology
5: The Particularity and Function of the Human Will of Jesus Christ According to St Maximus
IV. Further Issues Relating to St Maximus' Dyothelite Christology and their Theological Significance
1: Introduction
2: Person or Nature? Leo, Maximus, and the Question of the Subject of Willing
3: Concluding Remarks on St Maximus' Understanding of the Will and its Theological Significance
4: St Maximus' Early Acceptance of `One Energy' and the Possibility of a Legitimate Monothelite Terminology
5: Epilogue

About the Author

Demetrios Bathrellos is Priest in the Greek Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom, London.

Reviews

Dr Bathrellos guides the reader reliably through a difficult field... It is a useful piece. L.R. Wickham, The Journal of Theological Studies