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Abstract This chapter places Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378–444) in the exposition of deification. Cyril uses 2 Peter 1:4 more than any other early theologian for the mystery of the Trinity’s transformation of human beings into “gods by grace.” His teaching on the appropriation of divine life interweaves considerations of key mysteries ...
Ellen Scully
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Ellen Scully
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2015
Serving as bishop of Alexandria from 412 until his death in 444, Cyril was one of the two most influential episcopal leaders of the city during Late Antiquity, second only to Athanasius in terms of his involvement in ecclesiastical politics and his significance as an authority for later Christian traditions.
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Serving as bishop of Alexandria from 412 until his death in 444, Cyril was one of the two most influential episcopal leaders of the city during Late Antiquity, second only to Athanasius in terms of his involvement in ecclesiastical politics and his significance as an authority for later Christian traditions.
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St Cyril of Alexandria and the Council of Nicaea
Ecumenical Review, 2023AbstractIn commemorating the Council of Nicaea, we are not looking solely at the document that it produced, nor simply the words contained in a manuscript, but the lived tradition that produced it and continues to refine our understanding. This article will therefore explore how in the century that followed the Council of Nicaea, St Cyril of Alexandria,
Metropolitan Serapion, Macarius Refela
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LOGIC AND CHRISTOLOGY IN CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
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Cyril of Alexandria Reading Porphyry
Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2020Porphyry is the pagan author most often quoted by Cyril of Alexandria in his Contra Julianum; moreover, many of these excerpts are known to us only from Cyril himself. Comparison with Eusebius of Caesarea and Theodoret of Cyrrhus shows that in most instances Cyril does not owe them his quotations and that the hypothesis of a direct reading of Porphyry ...
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2002
As a ruler of the church of Alexander and president of the Third Ecumenical Council of 431, Cyril was one of the most powerful men of the fifth century. Not only did he define the concept of christological orthodoxy for the next two centuries, but he is also often regarded as an unscrupulous cleric who was responsible for the murder of the female ...
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As a ruler of the church of Alexander and president of the Third Ecumenical Council of 431, Cyril was one of the most powerful men of the fifth century. Not only did he define the concept of christological orthodoxy for the next two centuries, but he is also often regarded as an unscrupulous cleric who was responsible for the murder of the female ...
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