Is There a Humanity That Is Not Simply Humanity?

Charles and Marco interview Jordan Daniel Wood about his forthcoming book The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor (Notre Dame Press 2022). They talk about Maximus' christo-logic and how it works through his understanding of anthropology, deification, christology, particularly the suffering of Christ, and eschatological creation.

1:30 - Who was Maxmius the Confessor?

13:15 — What is Maximus's christo-logic?

29:40 — How can a hypostasis seems to be a synonym of 'individual' and also what makes an individual an individual?

42:45 — How are Maximus' logoi related to the hypostasis of each person?

1:03:40 — How does Maximus' understanding of logos hypostasis in humans affect his understanding of nature?

1:19:09 — How do you think about grace presupposing nature in light of Maximus?

1:26:26 — How do you understand the analogy of being in light of Maximus?

1:39:09 — But wait, isn't this exactly what Balthasar was saying all along?

1:46:00 — How should this book affect our understanding of creation, eschatology, and salvation?