c. 325 – 750 AD

Maximus the Confessor

c. 580 – 662 AD

Constantinople

Overview

A monk who stood alone against the Emperor to defend the human will of Christ (Dyothelitism).

He had his tongue and right hand cut off for his defiance, dying in exile before his view became official dogma.

Clarifying difficult passages in Gregory Nazianzen.

Aphorisms on love and the spiritual life.

Theological explanation of the Liturgy.

The architects of Orthodoxy who defined the Trinity and Christology in the East.

11 Church Fathers in this era

Part of The Golden Age: Greek (Eastern) Fathers