St Cyril of Alexandria and the Council of Nicaea: The Framing of a Theological Controversy
In commemorating the Council of Nicaea, we are not looking solely at the document that it produced, nor simply the words contained in a manuscript, but the lived tradition that produced it and continues to refine our understanding. This article will therefore explore how in the century that followed...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2023, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 263-276 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCC Councils NBJ Mariology |
| Further subjects: | B
Council of Ephesus
B St Cyril of Alexandria B Heresy B Council of Nicaea B Nestorius |
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| Summary: | In commemorating the Council of Nicaea, we are not looking solely at the document that it produced, nor simply the words contained in a manuscript, but the lived tradition that produced it and continues to refine our understanding. This article will therefore explore how in the century that followed the Council of Nicaea, St Cyril of Alexandria, in seeking to combat Nestorianism, in which Christ is asserted to have had distinct human and divine persons, and Mary denied the status of Theotokos (mother of God), argued not on the basis of the literal wording of the Creed of Nicaea, but on the lived tradition that produced it and continues to refine our understanding of it. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12786 |