The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 November 2014
- ISBN 9780198722960
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages262 pages
- Size 223x144x20 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book examines doctrinal conflicts concerning the dual nature of Christ in the period after the Council of Chalcedon by considering the life and works of Philoxenos of Mabbug (c.440-523), a Syriac theologian whose surviving corpus amounts to some 500,000 words.
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Philoxenos of Mabbug (c. 440-523) was a prolific late-antique theologian and polemicist who produced the largest literary corpus to have survived in Syriac. He earned a reputation as the leading Syriac opponent of the Council of Chalcedon (451) and its two-nature Christology. In The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug, David A. Michelson offers a new understanding of Philoxenos one-nature Christology by interpreting the post-Chalcedonian doctrinal disputes through a holistic analysis of Philoxenos life and works. Michelson's close reading of the entire Philoxenian corpus reveals a miaphysite perspective on the Christological controversies in which the intellectual clash was not primarily over defining doctrine. As a metropolitan bishop, sponsor of a revised New Testament, and monastic theologian, Philoxenos was principally concerned with matters of Christian praxis and the ascetic pursuit of divine knowledge. This book shows how he opposed Chalcedonian Christology because he was convinced its intellectual theological method was inimical to the mystical pursuit of divine knowledge through liturgical and ascetic practice. Philoxenos polemical engagement drew upon a theological epistemology that he had adapted from Pro-Nicene theologians including Ephrem, the Cappadocians, and Evagrius. Philoxenos argued that divine knowledge was not to be achieved through human understanding or doctrinal inquiry. Instead, true divine knowledge was attained through practice, specifically contemplation, reading of scripture, participation in the liturgical mysteries, and ascetic discipline. Michelson considers each of these practices in turn to show how Philoxenos thought of opposition to Chalcedon as part of a larger vision of ascetic and spiritual struggle. In short, for Philoxenos conflict over Christology was foremost a practical matter.
In this book Michelson challenges those who would divide Philoxenos' 'theological legacy ... into two opposing (and non-overlapping) poles: virulent polemicist and ecumenically accessible ascetic teacher' (p. 208). He presents instead a portrait of a passionate and single-minded theologian. It is a timely and intriguing glimpse not only into an earlier time and another place, but also into a significant theological formulation worthy of consideration today.
Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Life and Works of Philoxenos of Mabbug
Ordaining Satan: Practical Considerations in the Divine Oikonomia
In Pursuit of Divine Knowledge: Patristic Sources of Philoxenos' Theological Epistemology
Proof Texts for the Ineffable: On Knowing Christ through Scripture
"Though He cannot be eaten, we consume Him": Christological Threats to Liturgical Practice
Beginning the Discipleship of Christ: Theological Conflict as Ascesis and Spiritual Struggle
Conclusion: Christological Polemics in the Context of Spiritual Practice
Bibliography
Index
