The World as Sacrament : The Eucharistic Cosmology of St Maximus Confessor /
In The World as Sacrament, Daniel Heide offers a bold new interpretation of Maximus Confessor's ontology and cosmology. Approaching Maximus through the hermeneutic lens of Neoplatonism, the author argues for a doctrine of creation ex deo joined with the cosmic incarnation of the One Logos as th...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2026.
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Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Theology and Religion ;
38.
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- Acknowledgements Ix
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: the World as Sacrament
- 1 Creation as Divine Self-Impartation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 From Monarchy to Monotheism
- 3 From Monotheism to Monarchic Logos
- 4 Conclusion
- 2 A Transformation of Mediation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Plotinus
- 3 Proclus
- 4 The Cappadocians
- 5 Dionysius
- 6 Maximus
- 7 Conclusion
- 3 On Freedom and Necessity: Beyond the Polemics
- 1 Introduction
- 2 On Freedoms and Necessities
- 3 Freedom in Necessity: Plotinus
- 4 Necessity in Freedom: Maximus
- 5 Conclusion: the Kenotic Freedom of God
- 4 Creation Ex Nihilo : from Eternal to Temporal
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Plotinus and Proclus: De Aeternitate Mundi
- 3 Philoponus: De Aeternitate Mundi Contra Proclum
- 4 Maximus: Creation Ex Nihilo - from Eternal to Temporal
- 5 Conclusion
- 5 Eucharistic Cosmology: the Logos as Christian Formal Principle
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Philosophical Precursors
- 3 Maximus: the Logos as Christian Formal Principle
- 4 Eucharistic Cosmology
- 5 Conclusion
- 6 Ascent to the Kingdom
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Threefold Logos
- 3 The Human as Hierarch
- 4 Virtue and Contemplation as Heavenly Synaxis
- 5 Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.