ST CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
Translated & with an Introduction
by
John Anthony McGuckin
st vladimir’s seminary press
crestwood, new york
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, ca. 370–444.
[Hoti heis ho Christos. English]
On the unity of Christ / St. Cyril of Alexandria: translated and with an introduction by John Anthony McGuckin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-88141-133-7
1. Jesus Christ—Person and offices—Early works to 1800.
I.McGuckin. II. Title.
br65.c953h6813 1995
232—dc20 98–18709
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Popular Patristics Series
Number 13
The Popular Patristics Series published by St Vladimir’s Seminary Press provides readable and accurate translations of a wide range of early Christian literature to a wide audience—students of Christian history to lay Christians reading for spiritual benefit. Recognized scholars in their fields provide short but comprehensive and clear introductions to the material. The texts include classics of Christian literature, thematic volumes, collections of homilies, letters on spiritual counsel, and poetical works from a variety of geographical contexts and historical backgrounds. The mission of the series is to mine the riches of the early Church and to make these treasures available to all.
Series Editor
John Behr
A Synopsis of St Cyril’s Christological Doctrine
A. Texts and Translations of St Cyril
B. Select Bibliography of General Studies
C. Select Bibliography of Cyrilline Studies
D. Select Bibliography on Antiochene Christology
ACO Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum (E. Schwartz)
CHR Catholic Historical Review (Washington)
CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
DOP Dumbarton Oaks Papers
Ep Epistle
ET English Translation
GOTR Greek Orthodox Theological Review (Brookline)
ITQ Irish Theological Quarterly (Maynooth)
JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge)
JTS Journal of Theological Studies (Oxford) NS = New Series
PBR Patristic and Byzantine Review (New York)
PG Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae (J.P. Migne)
PL Cursus Completus Patrologiae Latinae (J. P. Migne)
ROC Revue de L’ Orient Chrétien (Paris)
SC Sources Chrétiennes (Paris)
Stud. Pat. Studia Patristica
TU Texte und Untersuchungen (Berlin)
It is one and the same Holy Spirit, which the Fathers at Nicaea had within them as they defined the faith, which was in the soul and voice of our most holy and venerable Father the Archbishop Cyril when he dictated this for the correction of the errors that the reverend Nestorius introduced to the church.
Bishop Hermogenes of Rhinocourouros
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About On the Unity of ChristIn the early fifth century the Christian world was racked by one of the fiercest theological disputes it had known since the Arian crisis of the previous century. The center of debate turned on the nature of the personhood of Christ, and how divine and human characteristics could combine in Jesus without rendering his subjectivity hopelessly divided, or without reducing his authentic humanness to an insubstantiality. These arguments soon polarized into the conflict between two great churches, Alexandria and Constantinople, and their powerful archbishops, St Cyril (d. 444) and Nestorius (d. ca. 452) respectively. Cyril is, arguably, the most important patristic theologian ever to deal with the issues of Christology. The text here translated is one of his most important and approachable writings, composed in the aftermath of the Council of Ephesus (431) to explain his doctrine to an international audience. He argues here for the single divine presence but fostered and enhanced by it. Accordingly, for St Cyril, Christology becomes a paradigm for the transfigured and redeemed life of the Christian. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the theology and spirituality of the fathers, in the ancient church’s use of scripture, and the way in which the church once creatively expressed its thinking through the media of philosophy and the natural sciences. |
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