Medieval · c. 580–662
Who influenced Maximus the Confessor?
Influences and legacy
Byzantine theologian of the will and deification, mutilated for opposing monotheletism.
Maximus the Confessor was influenced by Gregory of Nyssa and Pseudo-Dionysius, and went on to influence John of Damascus. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
Who was Maximus the Confessor?
Maximus the Confessor served as an aide to the Byzantine emperor Heraclius before becoming a monk. Trained in Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists, he was drawn into the dispute over Monothelitism and defended the view that Christ had both a human and a divine will.
For this he was tried, his tongue and right hand were mutilated, and he died in exile in Georgia in 662. The Third Council of Constantinople later upheld his theology, and he was venerated as a saint soon after his death.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Maximus the Confessor?
2 direct influences on this map, earliest first.
- Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–395
- Pseudo-Dionysius c. 5th–6th c.
Who did Maximus the Confessor influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Maximus the Confessor.
- John of Damascus c. 675–749
The line of teachers behind Maximus the Confessor
The longest documented line of influence ending at Maximus the Confessor runs 11 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Maximus the Confessor
Indirect influences
- Through Gregory of Nyssa: Origen
- Through Pseudo-Dionysius: Proclus
Maximus the Confessor by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 2
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 24
- Thinkers downstream
- 1
- Wikipedia languages
- 46 — #42 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Schools and lineages
- Church Fathers: Origen, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus, Augustine of Hippo, Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, Maximus the Confessor, John of Damascus
Questions about Maximus the Confessor
- Who influenced Maximus the Confessor?
- Gregory of Nyssa and Pseudo-Dionysius.
- Who did Maximus the Confessor influence?
- John of Damascus.
- When did Maximus the Confessor live?
- c. 580–662. The map files Maximus the Confessor under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Maximus the Confessor card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Maximus the Confessor in 46 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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