The “Ambigvas” of Maximus the Confessor, in terms of its significance in the history of world thought, is on a par with Plotinus’s “Enneads” and Thomas Aquinas’s “Summa Theologica”. This is the most important peak of the Byzantine theological and philosophical tradition. The work of the great theologian, philosopher and Christian confessor of the 7th century. is an outstanding monument to Christian philosophical thought of the era of late Antiquity. This publication is a translation of this work with the most detailed preface and commentary in world science today. It was carried out by D. A. Chernoglazov and A. M. Shufrin, who are responsible for the translation of “Theological and Polemical Works” and “Questions and Perplexities” by St. Maxim.* * *Scientific edition, preface and comments by G. I. BENEVICH