Comments on: St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/ Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Darkness Whistler http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Darkness Whistler Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:15:30 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/#comment-1141 Thanks Rusty, I am basically trying, in the overall project (and here following J. Carter and Andrew Louth), to show that Maximus' ontology is one of ecstatic love which is rooted in and participates in the Trinitarian life. Later in the argument (which I will post a bit of later. By the way the paper was just accepted to Pappas! So I will of course not be able to share it all here) I will get into the "cosmic tragedy" of the fall of humankind and how this is healed in Christ. Within this salvific trajectory, whose telos is ultimately deified humans and a transfigured cosmos, Maximus discusses how the cultivation of virtue is part of the divinizing journey. Within this cultivation there is space made for the cultivation of the virtue of hospitality (though Maximus only has a small number of spots where he talks explicitly about hospitality, but LOTS of places where he talks of the love of neighbor as part of and evidence of the divinizing journey) as a "deifying practice" which is an avenue for God's divizing work in the xian's life. I hope this helps. THanks! Thanks Rusty,

I am basically trying, in the overall project (and here following J. Carter and Andrew Louth), to show that Maximus’ ontology is one of ecstatic love which is rooted in and participates in the Trinitarian life. Later in the argument (which I will post a bit of later. By the way the paper was just accepted to Pappas! So I will of course not be able to share it all here) I will get into the “cosmic tragedy” of the fall of humankind and how this is healed in Christ. Within this salvific trajectory, whose telos is ultimately deified humans and a transfigured cosmos, Maximus discusses how the cultivation of virtue is part of the divinizing journey. Within this cultivation there is space made for the cultivation of the virtue of hospitality (though Maximus only has a small number of spots where he talks explicitly about hospitality, but LOTS of places where he talks of the love of neighbor as part of and evidence of the divinizing journey) as a “deifying practice” which is an avenue for God’s divizing work in the xian’s life. I hope this helps. THanks!

]]> By: Rusty Brian http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Rusty Brian Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:06:30 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/#comment-1133 Greg, I really like how you tied all of this together, especially at the end. This ecstatic love is particular to Jesus Christ and as such it is "a phenomenon which is indicative of creation as such." I'm still not sure I grasp the core of the argument, perhaps you could boil it down for me? I do know that I like it and that Maximus' thelogy (which I must confess I need to read!) might be a good point of assistance in terms of the debate over nature and grace and the role of Christ in the whole thing. Keep up the good work. Greg,
I really like how you tied all of this together, especially at the end. This ecstatic love is particular to Jesus Christ and as such it is “a phenomenon which is indicative of creation as such.” I’m still not sure I grasp the core of the argument, perhaps you could boil it down for me? I do know that I like it and that Maximus’ thelogy (which I must confess I need to read!) might be a good point of assistance in terms of the debate over nature and grace and the role of Christ in the whole thing.
Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e53v1 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e53v1 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:18:02 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/#comment-1081 [...] St. Maximus and hospitality via ontology. [...] [...] St. Maximus and hospitality via ontology. [...]

]]> By: Notes from underground: St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Notes from underground: St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:58:40 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2009/01/31/virtuous-participation-in-deifying-love-st-maximus-confessor-and-the-practice-of-christian-hospitality/#comment-1079 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness:St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662 A.D.) understands the cosmos through a theological ontology of Love. All creatures in creation are unified through participation in the ecstatic Love that is the life of the Trinity. Participation in this Love unifies the difference of creatures into a harmony. As such this love is the “reason” or “logos” of creatures. With the fall of humanity this love is disrupted cosmically. The fall of humanity is key in this “cosmic tragedy” for humanity is the microcosm (micros-kosmos or “little cosmos”), which participates in the sensuous creaturely dimension of being and the rational-spiritual dimension of the hierarchy of being. Humanity, the microcosm, is the center or crux of the hierarchy of being as it co-inheres in the second person of the Trinity, the Logos. It is the crossing of the divine and the sensuous dimensions of the hierarchy of being. Consequently, when humanity falls the harmony of creation is disrupted.This interesting article not only illuminates the practice of Christian hospitality, but also the Orthodox understanding of original sin, and how it differs from that of the West. Posted by Steve Hayes at Sunday, February 01, 2009 Labels: Christianity, hospitality, love, original sin, Orthodoxy, St Maximus the Confessor, theology [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness St. Maximus Confessor and Christian Hospitality at The Land of Unlikeness:St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662 A.D.) understands the cosmos through a theological ontology of Love. All creatures in creation are unified through participation in the ecstatic Love that is the life of the Trinity. Participation in this Love unifies the difference of creatures into a harmony. As such this love is the “reason” or “logos” of creatures. With the fall of humanity this love is disrupted cosmically. The fall of humanity is key in this “cosmic tragedy” for humanity is the microcosm (micros-kosmos or “little cosmos”), which participates in the sensuous creaturely dimension of being and the rational-spiritual dimension of the hierarchy of being. Humanity, the microcosm, is the center or crux of the hierarchy of being as it co-inheres in the second person of the Trinity, the Logos. It is the crossing of the divine and the sensuous dimensions of the hierarchy of being. Consequently, when humanity falls the harmony of creation is disrupted.This interesting article not only illuminates the practice of Christian hospitality, but also the Orthodox understanding of original sin, and how it differs from that of the West. Posted by Steve Hayes at Sunday, February 01, 2009 Labels: Christianity, hospitality, love, original sin, Orthodoxy, St Maximus the Confessor, theology [...]

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