Book review of 'The Architecture of the Cosmos: St. Maximus the Confessor' (New perspectives. Schriften der Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft, 69), edited by Antoine Levy, Pauli Annala, Olli Hallamaa and Tuomo Lankila (2015). Helsinki: Luther-Agricola-Society.
How about studying St. Maximus the Confessor? What if we started reading him for his own sake? Since the rediscovery of St. Maximus in the aftermath of World War II, experts on Patristics and theologians from East and West have been keen to claim that they have the authority of St. Maximus on their side. But how could one ever settle conflicts of interpretation related to the teaching of St. Maximus when the content of this teaching remains largely unexplored?
