Elements from the cosmology of Saint Maximus the Confessor. Man as mediator of salvation of Cosmos

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleElements from the cosmology of Saint Maximus the Confessor. Man as mediator of salvation of Cosmos
3. Language term English
4. lemma author Tampakis, Kostas
5. Publication date 9-11-2018
6. lemma work Elements from the cosmology of Saint Maximus the Confessor. Man as mediator of salvation of Cosmos
7. lemma manifestations Almagest
8. Keywords cosmology - Mediation-Mediator - St. Maximus the Confessor
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    1. St. Maximus the Confessor's cosmology differentiates from earlier theological contemplations, just as those of Dionysius the Areopagite and Gregory of Nazianzus, in a sense that it is characterized by intense anthropological character. For Maximus the Confessor the central idea concerning his cosmology is the concept of salvation. Man having the precedence in creation is called by God to mediate in the undertaking of restoration and redemption of himself and cosmos as well, abolishing the creation's divisions calling for a uninterrupted unity of everything according to the love pattern of life of Holy Trinity. The from eternity logoi of the beings (λόγοι τῶν ὄντων) reflect God's creating will and necessitate the whole creation an image of Holy Trinity. Specifically, for man, the reason of his nature (ὁ λόγος τῆς φύσεώς του) constitutes the guiding principle according to which recapitulating in man person as an image of God to mediate as a priest through love and in freedom, apart from his own salvation, for the creation of the world as well. The unrivalled experience of love relationship and the course towards the deification meets primarily in the worship of Church and mostly in the mystery of Holy Eucharist.