Maximus the Confessor emc.580-662em has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including emOn the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theology and the Incarnation, On the 'Our Father'em, two separate emBooks of Difficultiesem, addressed to John and to Thomas, emQuestions and Doubts, Questions to Thalassius, Mystagogyem and the emShort Theological and Polemical Worksem. pThe impact of these works reached far beyond the Greek East, with his involvement in the western resistance to imperial heresy, notably at the Lateran Synod in 649. Together with Pope Martin I 649-53 CE, Maximus the Confessor and his circle were the most vocal opponents of Constantinople's introduction of the doctrine of monothelitism. This dispute over the number of wills in Christ became a contest between the imperial government and church of Constantinop