208 - Fr. Maximos Constas - The Relevance of St. Maximus the Confessor Today

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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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. Maximos the Confessor, 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.com/colloquium 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-Church-Fathers-Vol-Dumbarton/dp/0674726669/ - The Art of Seeing: Paradox and Perception in Orthodox Iconography by Fr. Maximos(Nicholas)Constas: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Seeing-Perception-Iconography-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B00RNGAHN4/ -------------------------- 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-Mystagogy-Theological-Confessor-Patristics/dp/0881416479/ - On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Mystery-Jesus-Christ/dp/088141249X/ -------------------------- Original video: https://youtu.be/ze0Ps52NsVk Support this podcast: Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Join the conversation: Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/ The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/ Social media links: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. I am delighted to be here with Father Maximus Constus.
0:05.0	Father Maximus is really one of the world's most renowned scholars on St. Maximus, the
0:09.6	confessor, of whom I talk about a lot on this channel. Hopefully, even non-Orthodox people by
0:15.8	now will know who that is and how important he is. He has translated many of St. Maximus' work. He's also
0:22.6	written his own book. In particular, the art of seeing, which is a powerful look at icons.
0:29.0	And so he has this interest in petristics, in scholarly work, but also in art, which is why it
0:34.9	seems like our stars were meant to align at some point, and we get to
0:38.7	this discussion. He is right now, he's a professor of Petristics and Orthodox spirituality
0:44.0	at a Holy Cross seminary. He was a professor at Harvard. He was a monk for many years at
0:50.8	Simon Petra on the Holy Mountain. He's the director of the Papas Petristic Institute right now.
0:56.8	And so as you see, he is someone who not only is a scholar, but is also a monk and a spiritual
1:04.4	practiser.
1:05.6	And so I'm really excited to be able to talk about Sam Maximus and also about art
1:10.7	and about how these two things come together
1:13.3	to help us understand the world today.
1:27.3	This is Jonathan Pajot.
1:29.3	Welcome to the symbolic world.
1:40.6	And so, Father Maximus, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today. Sure. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. And so Father Maximus, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today.
1:45.0	Sure, thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.
1:48.0	And so my first question is you have become one of the world's most renowned scholars on St. Maximus.
1:56.0	Of course, you come at it as an academic, but also you made these discoveries as a priest and a monk.
2:03.6	I would like to hear a little bit about your journey and how the work of St. Maximus informed your
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