Three Christological treatises

196 Pages·2014·0.46 MB·English

by  Alexandrinus Cyrillus

THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 129
THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
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ST. CYRIL
OF ALEXANDRIA
THREE CHRISTOLOGICAL
TREATISES
Translated by
DANIEL KING
Cardiff University
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, approximately 370–444.
[Works. Selections. English]
Three Christological treatises / St. Cyril of Alexandria ;
translated by Daniel King.
pages cm.—(The Fathers of the Church,
a new translation ; volume 129)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-8132-2705-4 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Jesus Christ—Person and offices—Early works to 1800.
2. Jesus Christ—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30–600.
3. Theology, Doctrinal—History—Early church, ca. 30-600.
4. Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, active 428.
I. King, Daniel, 1977– II. Title.
BR65.C952E5 2014
232'.8--dc23
2014019388
CONTENTS
Abbreviations and Sigla vii
Bibliography ix
Introduction
Introduction 3
THREE CHRISTOLOGICAL
TREATISES
On Orthodoxy to Theodosius 35
A Defense of the Twelve Anathemas against
Theodoret 83
A Defense of the Twelve Anathemas against
the Bishops of the Diocese of Oriens 131
INDICES
General Index 185
Index of Holy Scripture 189

ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA
Abbreviations
ACO Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum (Schwartz).
ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers. 1890. Reprint. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1994.
CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium.
FOTC The Fathers of the Church. Washington, DC: The
Catholic University of America Press.
LXX Septuagint.
PG Patrologia Graeca (ed. Migne).
SC Sources chrétiennes. Paris: Cerf, 1941–.
Sigla
[ ] Words inserted by the translator.
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INTRODUCTION