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Light, vision and religious experience in Byzantium (2004)
Book Chapter
Louth, A. (2004). Light, vision and religious experience in Byzantium. In M. Kapstein (Ed.), The presence of light : divine radiance and religious experience (85-103). The University of Chicago Press

This chapter is principally concerned with the experience of the divine, uncreated light in monastic writers belonging to the hesychast tradition (a term I shall explain in a moment); this is, I think, natural, for it is this tradition that dominates... Read More about Light, vision and religious experience in Byzantium.

The ecclesiology of Saint Maximos the Confessor (2004)
Journal Article
Louth, A. (2004). The ecclesiology of Saint Maximos the Confessor. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 4(2), 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225042000288920

Maximos wrote no work expressly on the Church, the nearest being his work, the Mystagogia, on the Divine Liturgy. This article explores the notion of the Church presented in the Mystagogia, which focuses on the action of the Divine Liturgy, and the w... Read More about The ecclesiology of Saint Maximos the Confessor.