Five Tomes against Nestorius; Scholia on the Incarnation; Christ Is One; Fragments against Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, the Synousiasts

by Cyril of Alexandria

Publishers:

James Parker & Co.; Rivingtons

, 1881

Overview

Cyril of Alexandria was a theologian, bishop, and Church Father. He is most remembered for his intelligent writing, his strong condemnation of heresy, and the Nestorian Schism. The dispute between Cyril and Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, over different Christological views was decided in favor of Cyril at the First Council of Ephesus in 431 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Churches supporting Nestorius’ teachings split from the Orthodox church, forming their own denominations. Although this era was a tumultuous time for the Church, Cyril produced many theological works of notable achievement, including the Five Tomes against Nestorius.

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Key Features

• Discusses the Nestorius split from the Orthodox church
• Examines the arguments set forth by Cyril
• Addresses this tumutuous time for the early church

Contents

• Five Books against Nestorius
• The Scholia: On the Incarnation
• That Christ Is One: By Way of Dispure with Hermias
• Fragments of Treatise: By Way of Dispute, Bishop of Tarsus
• Fragments of Treatise: Against Theodore of Mopsuestia
• Fragments of Treatise: Against the Synousiasts

Top Highlights

“The Word out of God the Father was called Man, albeit by Nature God,^* in that He partook of blood and flesh like we. For thus was He seen of those on the earth, and not letting go what He was, but assuming human nature like us, perfect as regards itself; yet in human nature too hath He remained God and Lord of all, by Nature and in truth Begotten of God the Father.” (Page 189)

“And He is compared to a Coal, because conceived of as from two unlike things, yet by a true concurrence⁸ they are all but knit together unto union. For the fire entering into the wood, will transelement⁹ it somehow into its own glory and might albeit it hath retained what it was.” (Page 42)

“Yet how is it not obvious to all that the Only-Begotten being God by Nature has been made man, not by connection simply (as he says) considered as external or accidental⁵, but by true union, ineffable and passing understanding. And thus He is conceived of as One and Only, and every thing said⁶ befits Him and all will be said of One Person.” (Pages 40–41)

“And though Jesus be said also to suffer, the suffering will belong to the economy; but is said to be His, and with all reason, because His too is that which suffered, and He was in the suffering Body, He unknowing to suffer (for He is Impassible as God); yet as far as pertained to the daring of those who raged against Him, He would have suffered, if He could have suffered.” (Page 202)

“For confessedly was He being glorified, the Spirit working Divine signs;^* yet not as a God-clad man, gaining this thing from an alien and superior Nature, even as do we, but rather as using of His own Spirit: for He was God by Nature and not alien to Him is His Spirit.” (Page 129)

Product Details

• Title: Five Tomes against Nestorius; Scholia on the Incarnation; Christ Is One; Fragments against Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, the Synousiasts
• Author: Cyril of Alexandria
• Publisher: James Parker & Co
• Publication Date: 1881
• Pages: 513
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Early Church

About Cyril of Alexandria

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople.