Contents
Foreword by Paul M. Blowers
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Modern Studies of Both Maximus and Thomas
Christ’s Demonic Temptation in Modern Studies of Maximus
Christ’s Demonic Temptation in Modern Studies of Thomas
Maximus’s Anthropological Sources
Maximus’s Christological Sources
2. Maximus’s Anthropology of Temptation
Adam’s Created State and Fall
Human Nature and Demonic Temptation after the Fall
Providence and Affectivity in an Eschatological Perspective
3. Maximus’s View of Christ’s Temptation
Christ’s Humanity, Human Fallenness, and the Devil
The Perfections of Christ’s Humanity and His Temptation
Salvation through Temptation: Christ’s Victory over the Devil
4. Sources for Thomas’s Presentation of Christ’s Temptation
John of Damascus as the Historical Link between Maximus and Thomas
Western Patristic Thought on Christ’s Temptation by the Devil
High Medieval Sources on Christ’s Temptation by the Devil
5. Thomas’s Anthropology of Temptation
The Created and Fallen States
Fleshly and Internal Demonic Temptation
Demonic Temptation, Virtue, and Providence
6. Thomas’s View of Christ’s Temptation
Christological Synecdoche in Thomas’s Soteriology of Temptation
Christ’s Perfections and Voluntary Defects
Christ’s Temptation and the Three Medieval Temptations
Conclusion. Christ in Christian Traditions of Temptation
Bibliography
Index