Summary Opuscula theologica et polemica is a collection of minor works of Maximus the Confessor that has not received much scholarly attention so far. Nevertheless, it offers A unique insight into the Christological and personological universe of the Christian thinker. The present volume is the first attempt to bring together scholars of different traditions and to apply different approaches - theological, philosophical, philological and historical - to this seminal work. TABLE OF CONTENTS Alex L onas & Vladimir Cvetkovi?, Introduction Christian Boudignon, What are the Opuscula theologica and polemica? A Philological Question Bram Roosen, Maximian ??????? against the Monothelites Bronwen Neil & Ryan Strickler, Letters of Maximus in the Collectanea of Anastasius Bibliothecarius Aleksandar Djakovac, Maximus' Relational Ontology Kevin M. Clarke, Maximus the Confessor's Anti-Severan Polemics in the Opuscula Sebastian Mateiescu, Arguing with the Properties of Christ Romilo Aleksandar Kne?evi?, Maximus' Opuscula and the Concept of the Hypostatic Union Mikl s Vass nyi, A Problem of Identity in St Maximus' Opusculum 14 Dionisios Skliris, The Ambiguity of the Gnomic Will as Basis for a Theory of Human Individuality in the Thought of Saint Maximus the Confessor Index of Maximus Citations Index of Names Index of Theological and Philosophical Terms List of Contributors