[kosta50]

The excellent book that covers this topic in detail is "Free Choice in St. Maximus the Confessor," published by St. Tikhon's Seminary Press. The author (J.P. Farrell) wrote the book as a doctoral dissertation at Oxford under the supervision of Bp. Kallistos (Ware)

Thank you. That will be on my shopping list. In the meantime, can you give me a synopsis of what sources the authr uses to come to that conclusion?

[Agrarian]

It has been a long time since I read it, so it would take time to look it up and refresh my memory. The writing is lucid, but the subject manner is not simple...