An attempt at clarifying Maximus the Confesor’s remarks on (the fate of) sexual difference in Ambiguum 41

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Sotiris Mitralexis
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Maximus the Confessor?s Ambiguum 41 contains some rather atypical observations concerning the distinction of sexes in the human person. There is a certain ambiguity as to whether the distinction of the sexes was intended by God and is ?by nature? (as found in Genesis and asserted by most Church Fathers) or a product of the Fall. Namely, Christ is described three times as ?shaking out of nature the distinctive characteristics of male and female?, ?driving out of nature the difference and division of male and female? and ?removing the difference between male and female?. Different readings of those passages engender important implications that can be drawn out from the Confessor?s thought, both eschatological implications and otherwise. The subject has been picked up by Cameron Partridge, Doru Costache and Karolina Kochanczyk-Boninska, among others, but is by no means settled, as they draw quite different conclusions. The noteworthy and far-reaching implications of Maximus? theological stance and problems are not the object of this paper. In a 2017 paper I attempted to demonstrate what Maximus exactly says in these peculiar and oft-commented passages through a close reading, in order to avoid a two-edged Maximian misunderstanding: to either draw overly radical implications from those passages, projecting decidedly non-Maximian visions on the historical Maximus, or none at all, as if those passages represented standard Patristic positions. Here, I am revisiting this argument, given that the interest in what the Confessor has to say on the subject seems to be increasing.
试图澄清在歧义篇第41篇中忏悔者马克西姆斯关于性别差异(命运)的评论
忏悔者马克西姆斯?第41号歧义包含了一些关于人类性别区分的非典型观察。性别的区分究竟是上帝的旨意,还是自然的旨意,这一点有些模棱两可。(在《创世纪》中发现并被大多数教父所承认)或堕落的产物。也就是说,基督被描述了三次,从自然中摇出了男性和女性的特征?从自然界中消除了男女的差别和划分。消除男性和女性之间的差异。对这些段落的不同解读可以从忏悔者中引出重要的含义?无论是末世论的含义还是其他方面。Cameron Partridge、Doru Costache和Karolina kochanzyk - boninska等人都研究过这个问题,但这并没有定论,因为他们得出了截然不同的结论。马克西姆斯值得注意和深远的影响?神学立场和问题不是本文的研究对象。在2017年的一篇论文中,我试图通过仔细阅读来证明马克西姆斯在这些特殊的、经常被评论的段落中到底说了什么,以避免马克西姆斯的双刃剑误解:要么从这些段落中得出过于激进的含义,在历史上的马克西姆斯上投射出绝对非马克西姆斯的愿景,要么根本没有,好像这些段落代表了标准的犹太教立场。鉴于人们对忏悔者在这个问题上所说的话越来越感兴趣,我在这里重新审视这个论点。
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