- Title Pages
- To Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov (1896–1993)
- <i>Acknowledgements</i>
- <i>The Works of St Maximus</i>
- <i>Abbreviations</i>
- <b>Introduction</b>
- 1 Tools
- 2 Imagery
- 3 The Principles
- 4 Monad and Triad
- 5 Knowing the Trinity
- 6 Nature, Difference, and Number
- 7 Activities and Wills
- 8 Union
- 9 <b>The Creation Song</b>
- 10 ‘Spiritual Hierarchy’
- 11 Transparent Words
- 12 The Twofold Commandment of Love
- 13 Confusion and Fragmentation
- 14 Distinction and Unification
- <i>Epilogue</i>
- <i>Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>
‘Spiritual Hierarchy’
‘Spiritual Hierarchy’
- Chapter:
- (p.143) 10 ‘Spiritual Hierarchy’
- Source:
- Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor
- Author(s):
Melchisedec TÖrÖnen
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A discussion of Maximus' ecclesiology from the viewpoint of union and distinction. Themes such as diversity of members, ranks, hierarchy of the gifts of grace, and the Eucharistic liturgy are discussed.
Keywords: diversity of members, ranks, hierarchy, gifts of grace, Eucharistic liturgy
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- Title Pages
- To Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov (1896–1993)
- <i>Acknowledgements</i>
- <i>The Works of St Maximus</i>
- <i>Abbreviations</i>
- <b>Introduction</b>
- 1 Tools
- 2 Imagery
- 3 The Principles
- 4 Monad and Triad
- 5 Knowing the Trinity
- 6 Nature, Difference, and Number
- 7 Activities and Wills
- 8 Union
- 9 <b>The Creation Song</b>
- 10 ‘Spiritual Hierarchy’
- 11 Transparent Words
- 12 The Twofold Commandment of Love
- 13 Confusion and Fragmentation
- 14 Distinction and Unification
- <i>Epilogue</i>
- <i>Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>