← Back to Maximus the Confessor
MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR · 7TH CENTURY · BYZANTINE
Questions to Thalassius
Summary and key themes of this work
Responses to sixty-five difficult scriptural passages, weaving together exegesis and Maximus's theology of the Logos, creation, and deification.
Questions to Thalassius is a central text in the Christian mystical tradition, offering insight into the spiritual life, the nature of divine union, and the transformation of the soul.
This work is central to the Byzantine tradition, shaping the understanding of the spiritual life and the soul's journey toward union with God.
Selected Passages
A sure warrant for looking forward with hope to deification of human nature is provided by the incarnation of God, which makes of man a god in the same measure as God Himself became man.