Works
Maxentius is also the author of
- two dialogues against the Nestorians
- twelve anathematisms against the Nestorians
- a treatise against the Acephali (Monophysites).
The "Professio de Christo", printed as a separate work, is but a part of the "Epistola ad legatos sedis apostolicae".
His works, originally written in Latin, were preserved in a rather unsatisfactory condition. They were first published by Cochlaeus.
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