And if the case of Adam the
concurrence of the two-fold power of the inbreathing accompanied the moment of
his coming into being, what should one say about the presence of both—I mean of
soul and body—in the humanity of our God and Savior Jesus Christ [GK: του Θεου
και Σωτηρος
ημων ‘Ιησου
Χριστου], a blending that preserves as much
resemblance as is possible to the first Adam? (Maximus the Confessor, Ambigua
to John: Ambiguum 42, in On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua,
2 vols. [trans. Nicholas Constas; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014], 2:141)
But who would be able to enumerate all the aspects of God our Savior
[GK: του Σωτηρος
ημων Θεου], which exist for our sake, and according to which He
has made Himself edible and participle to all in proportion to the measure of
each? (Maximus the Confessor, Ambigua to
John: Ambiguum 48, in On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua,
2 vols. [trans. Nicholas Constas; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014], 2:221)
Further Reading:
Maximus the Confessor Predicating θεος in Titus 2:13 to Jesus, not the Father
