The Ascetic Life

Liber asceticus

Written about 624 to 634; the place is not known. The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

A talk between an old monk and a young one on the purpose of the Incarnation and the monastic life.

Dialogue · first written in Greek · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: Jankowiak and Booth, "A New Date-List of the Works of Maximus the Confessor" (2015); Sherwood (1952): an early work
Place written not known: Not stated; Sherwood (1952) says a monastery at Cyzicus, and Booth (2013) doubts it