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Union and Distinction in the Thought of St. Maximus the Confessor presents the writings of a key figure in Byzantine theology in the light of the themes of unity and diversity. The principle of simultaneous union and distinction forms the core of Maximus’ thought, pervading every area of his theology. It can be summarized as: things united remain distinct and without confusion in an inseparable...

he gives an account of this in the final section of Ambiguum 41a as a sequel to a discussion on the well-known five divisions.40 These five divisions—the division between God and the creation, the intelligible and the sensible, heaven and earth, paradise and the inhabited world, and male and female—were to be overcome by the human being as the crown and bond of unity of all creation. Since man failed to fulfil this task, God himself became incarnate in order to restore the universe. With us and through
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