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Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378–444), one of the most brilliant representatives of the Alexandrian theological tradition, is best known for championing the term Theotokos (God-bearer) in opposition to Nestorius of Constantinople. Cyril’s great Commentary on John, offered here in the Ancient Christian Text series in two volumes, predates the Nestorian controversy, however, and focuses its theological...

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Commentary on John [1] OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS CYRIL ARCHBISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA INTERPRETATION OR COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN “The Lord will give words to those who proclaim the gospel with great power,” as the psalmist eloquently puts it.1 I do not think just anyone should attempt this, however, but only those who are enlightened by grace from above because “all wisdom is from the Lord,”2 as it is written, and “every good and perfect gift is from above,
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