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Mar 28, 2008 · The classic picture of Christ the God-man, as it is delineated in the formulae of the Church from the Council of Chalcedon onwards, and as it has been presented to the heart in liturgies and hymns, is the picture Cyril persuaded Christians was the true, the only credible, Christ.
Expected online publication date: June 2025. Print publication year: 2026. Online ISBN: 9781108757874. Subjects: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Religion, Church History. Full text views reflects the number of PDF downloads, PDFs sent to Google Drive, Dropbox and Kindle and HTML full text views for chapters in this book.
Cyril is counted among the Church Fathers and also as a Doctor of the Church, and his reputation within the Christian world has resulted in his titles Pillar of Faith and Seal of all the Fathers. The Nestorian bishops at their synod at the Council of Ephesus declared him a heretic, labelling him as a "monster, born and educated for the ...
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Christian theologian and bishop active in the complex doctrinal struggles of the 5th century. He is chiefly known for his campaign against Nestorius, whose views on Christ’s nature were to be declared heretical. Cyril was named a doctor of the church in 1882.
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Sep 26, 2022 · In this article, I seek to show how Cyril of Alexandria's exposition of the effects of eucharistic participation provide us with a hitherto overlooked component of his overall vision of theosis, which may deepen our understanding of theosis in the Christian tradition more broadly.
Cyril served a long tenure as the powerful Patriarch of Alexandria during a turbulent period of doctrinal controversy in the early 5th century. He sought to stabilize Nicene orthodoxy amid various heretical undercurrents threatening church unity and theological fidelity after the Council of Nicaea.
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Cyril was the patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt from 412 until his death in 444. He had been in this position for sixteen years when Nestorius became patriarch of Constantinople in 428. He was, therefore, the leader of the church in Alexandria when the theotokos controversy erupted.
