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Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, 2022The date of this letter is unknown, though it is later than the First Letter to Succensus. It could almost be regarded as the charter of the miaphysite movement that would crystalize after the Council of Chalcedon and persists to the present day. Here Cyril responds directly to a series of questions presented to Succensus by an unspecified person from ...
M. Crawford
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Cyril of Alexandria, Third Letter to Nestorius
The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, 2022This letter was delivered by a delegation of four Egyptian bishops to Nestorius in his residence after the morning service in Constantinople on Sunday, November 30, 430. Cyril had spent the past year building a solid coalition of support for his case against the bishop of the Eastern capital, by sending letters to various bishops in the East, and, most
M. Crawford
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Cyril of Alexandria and the Apis Bull
Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient ChristianityAbstract In this article, I argue that the place of the Apis bull in Cyril of Alexandria’s thought and his depiction of it demonstrate the continual impression of local religion on Egyptian Christians despite the on-going process of Alexandria’s Christianization.
Austin Steen
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Cyril of Alexandria’s Scriptural Commentaries
The Expository Times, 2023This treatment of Ephesians is to be highly commended. The author has considered the issues surrounding the text at a deep level, and then managed to distil those insights into a form that is accessible for a general readership.
J. Heath
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The unity of Christ in Cyril of Alexandria's Festal Letters
Scottish Journal of Theology, 2023Cyril of Alexandria's Festal Letters are an underutilised source of his theology. Through them one can trace the development of his thought throughout the tumultuous years of his episcopacy.
Jonathan Morgan
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Letter as Spirit in Cyril of Alexandria: Typology and the Christological Defense of Literal Exegesis
Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2023:Cyril of Alexandria, often regarded as a mediating voice between Antiochene and Alexandrian exegetes, frequently cites his distinctively unitive Christology as warrant for literal interpretations of the Old Testament.
Nathan E. Porter
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Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2022
:The 156 homilies that Cyril of Alexandria dedicated to Luke's Gospel have experienced a turbulent textual history. In this corpus, the third homily, commenting on Luke 2.21–24, enjoys a special position.
Barthélémy Enfrein
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:The 156 homilies that Cyril of Alexandria dedicated to Luke's Gospel have experienced a turbulent textual history. In this corpus, the third homily, commenting on Luke 2.21–24, enjoys a special position.
Barthélémy Enfrein
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Cyril of Alexandria’s Critique of “Jewish” Parental Sin
Medieval Encounters, 2022Original sin was one of the contentious issues that stood at the heart of the Catholic- Pelagian debate in the early 400’s. In recent years, patristic scholars have sought to uncover Cyril of Alexandria’s (376–444 CE) position on this central Catholic ...
D. Weiss
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Creation of the Universe and Creation of Man in Cyril of Alexandria’s Early Works on the Pentateuch
Journal of Ancient Christianity, 2022After some preliminary remarks on Cyril’s two works on the Pentateuch, De adoratione and Glaphyra, as well as the σκοπός of the biblical text, this contribution deals with Cyril’s reading of the biblical account of the creation of the universe and ...
Barbara Villani
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2018
Chapter 5, “Cyril of Alexandria: The Twelve as Christian Scripture,” considers the meaning Cyril draws from the Minor Prophets as Christian scripture. For Cyril, the texts of the Twelve ground the identity of the church in Christ’s work, identifying those within the church as the single beneficiaries of the restoration effected in Christ’s incarnation,
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Chapter 5, “Cyril of Alexandria: The Twelve as Christian Scripture,” considers the meaning Cyril draws from the Minor Prophets as Christian scripture. For Cyril, the texts of the Twelve ground the identity of the church in Christ’s work, identifying those within the church as the single beneficiaries of the restoration effected in Christ’s incarnation,
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