Λόγος—τρόπος—τέλος: Σπουδή στη σκέψη του Αγίου Μαξίμου του Ομολογητού

According to Dionysios Skliris, St Maximus sees history as a space of ontological dialogue between God and man, where God proposes reasons (λόγους) for how He wants nature to be in the future, and man responds in historical ways—thruough the modifications of his nature in view of the eschatological end (τέλος) or the purpose of history where nature will be true through the synergy of God and man. The “place” of this dialogue is par excellence the Christ who gathers in His Person the words (λόγους) of God, but also His new surprising responses to human historical modifications.

Dionysios Skliris holds a PhD from the University of Paris IV- Sorbonne with the title “The term tropos (mode) in the thought of Maximus the Confessor”. He also holds a Master in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies from the University of London, his dissertation concerning “The theory of evil in Proclus: Proclus’ Theodicy as a completion of Plotinus monism” and a Master II on Byzantine Literature from the University of Paris IV- Sorbonne, a BA in Classics and a BA in Theology from the University of Athens. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Theological Department of the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens. His works include On the Road to Being: Saint Maximus the Confessor’s Syn-odical Ontology, (Alhambra, California: Sebastian Press, 2018) and Logos- Mode – Telos: A study in the thought of Saint Maximus the Confessor (Athens: Indiktos & Alhambra, California: Sebastian Press, 2018, in Greek). He is also the editor of the volume Slavoj Žižek and Christianity (Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge, 2018).