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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginnings of Christology
- Part II Developing Christological Traditions
- Part III Traditions of Pro-Nicene Christology
- Part IV Controversy over Nestorius
- 40 Eusebius of Dorylaeum, Protest
- 41 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Nestorius
- 42 Nestorius of Constantinople, Second Letter to Cyril
- 43 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the Holy Virgin Theotokos
- 44 Nestorius of Constantinople, Three Letters to Celestine of Rome
- 45 John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord against Nestorius 3.1–16 and 5.1–4
- 46 Cyril of Alexandria, Third Letter to Nestorius
- 47 Nestorius of Constantinople, Letter to John of Antioch
- 48 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Refutation of the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
- 49 Acts of the Council of Ephesus ( June–October 431): Selected Proceedings
- 50 Cyril of Alexandria, Letter of Reunion to John of Antioch
- 51 Ibas of Edessa, Letter to Mari the Persian
- 52 Cyril of Alexandria, First Letter to Succensus
- 53 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
- 54 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Eranistes: Epilogue
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
48 - Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Refutation of the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
from Part IV - Controversy over Nestorius
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2022
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginnings of Christology
- Part II Developing Christological Traditions
- Part III Traditions of Pro-Nicene Christology
- Part IV Controversy over Nestorius
- 40 Eusebius of Dorylaeum, Protest
- 41 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Nestorius
- 42 Nestorius of Constantinople, Second Letter to Cyril
- 43 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the Holy Virgin Theotokos
- 44 Nestorius of Constantinople, Three Letters to Celestine of Rome
- 45 John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord against Nestorius 3.1–16 and 5.1–4
- 46 Cyril of Alexandria, Third Letter to Nestorius
- 47 Nestorius of Constantinople, Letter to John of Antioch
- 48 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Refutation of the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
- 49 Acts of the Council of Ephesus ( June–October 431): Selected Proceedings
- 50 Cyril of Alexandria, Letter of Reunion to John of Antioch
- 51 Ibas of Edessa, Letter to Mari the Persian
- 52 Cyril of Alexandria, First Letter to Succensus
- 53 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
- 54 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Eranistes: Epilogue
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
Summary
On November 30, 430 Cyril of Alexandria, acting on behalf of the churches of both Rome and Alexandria, had his Third Letter to Nestorius delivered to Nestorius, openly accusing him of heresy.1 To this letter Cyril appended the Twelve Anathemas, Christological propositions threatening with excommunication everyone who did not subscribe to them. Being thus threatened with excommunication by Rome and Alexandria, Nestorius swiftly wrote a letter to his friend and compatriot John of Antioch, asking for advice.2 John then asked two prominent bishops from the Antiochene milieu, Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Andrew of Samosata, to respond in writing to Cyril’s Twelve Anathemas.
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 641 - 657Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022