The Case Against Diodore and Theodore - Texts and Their Contexts

Zusatztext this is an important and innovative work, which will provide a precious service, for a better understanding of that particularly complex period of the history of the councils and of the Christological controversies. Informationen zum Autor John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous publications include Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (OUP, 2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham). Klappentext The first complete collection of the remaining excerpts from the writings of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia together with a ground-breaking study of the controversy regarding the person of Christ that raged from the fourth to the sixth century. Zusammenfassung The first complete collection of the remaining excerpts from the writings of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia together with a ground-breaking study of the controversy regarding the person of Christ that raged from the fourth to the sixth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Contexts 1: Introduction 2: Diodore and Theodore 3: The Campaign against Diodore and Theodore Part Two: Texts 4: Cyril of Alexandria and the Common Florilegium 5: Extracts from the Fifth Century 6: Extracts from the Early Sixth Century 7: Extracts from the Council of Constantinople and Pope Vigilius

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• Authors: John Behr, John (EDT) Behr
• Assisted by: John Behr (Editor), John (Dean and Professor of Patristics Behr (Editor), Behr John (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2011
• EAN: 9780199569878
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956987-8
• No. of pages: 526
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 44 mm
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts; Oxford Early Christian Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Christian institutions & organizations, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Religious institutions and organizations, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, The Early Church