The Relevance of St. Maximus the Confessor Today | with Fr. Maximos Constas

Fr. Maximos Constas is Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Spirituality at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. He is one of the most renowned scholars on St. Maximus the Confessor. He was a professor at Harvard and a monk for many years and is now the director at the Pappas Patristic Institute. In this interview we talk about St. Maximus, seeing his work in perspective, connecting the visible with the invisible, the ascetic movement of liturgy, seeing through the lens of Scripture, the purpose of man and reconciling asceticism with art and imagination. Fr. Maximos Constas’ work: Conference: Colloquium on St. Maximus the Confessor: The Mystagogy (Boston, April 28-30, 2022): https://www.pappaspatristicinstitute.... Books: On Difficulties in the Church Fathers, Vol. 1: The Ambigua, (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) by St. Maximus the Confessor and translated by Fr. Maximos (Nicholas) Constas: https://www.amazon.com/Difficulties-C... The Art of Seeing: Paradox and Perception in Orthodox Iconography by Fr. Maximos (Nicholas) Constas: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Seeing-Per... -------------------------- St. Maximus the Confessor: On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy - A Theological Vision of the Liturgy by St. Maximus the Confessor. (Popular Patristics): https://www.amazon.com/Ecclesiastical... On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Mystery... =============================== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:51 - Fr. Maximos’ journey and how St. Maximus informed it 00:08:12 - Seeing St. Maximus fully 00:10:54 - Connecting the visible and the invisible 00:19:32 - Liturgy & asceticism 00:26:52 - Thinking in Scripture 00:28:46 - The spiritual path & its obstacles 00:33:05 - Logoi 00:34:59 - Fall & redemption are part of a bigger story 00:38:29 - All of creation through man and Divine 00:43:12 - The Parable of the Talents 00:50:49 - How to reconcile art with asceticism 01:01:01 - The role of imagination 01:12:18 - Outro =============================== The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creat... The Symbolic World podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUw... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... More videos from The Symbolic World: Clips Channel:    / jonathanpageauclips   French Channel:    / jonathanpageaufrançais   Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/page... Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolism Join the conversation: Unofficial Facebook discussion group:   / 1989208418065298   The Symbolic World Reddit:   / thesymbolicworld   Support this channel: Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ Patreon:   / pageauvideos   Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonatha... Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Social media links: Facebook:   / thesymbolicworld   Twitter:   / pageaujonathan   Instagram:   / jonathan.pageau   My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/