Bishop of Cyrus in Syria · c. 393 – c. 458

Theodoret of Cyrus

A monk who became bishop of Cyrus for thirty-five years; the leading theologian of Antioch against Cyril of Alexandria, condemned in 449 and restored at Chalcedon in 451.

Writings

1. Treatise

   Counter-Statements to Cyril's 12 Anathemas against Nestorius

   Treatise by Theodoret of Cyrus.

   25 min read · translated by Blomfield Jackson

2. Treatise

   Demonstrations by Syllogism

   Treatise by Theodoret of Cyrus.

   18 min read · translated by Blomfield Jackson

3. History · 5 parts

   The Ecclesiastical History

   Theodoret's history of the church (c. 449), from the rise of Arius to 428: the Council of Nicaea, the Arian emperors, the Cappadocians and the monks of Syria.

   518 min read · translated by Blomfield Jackson

4. Dialogue

   Eranistes: Dialogues against the Monophysites

   Theodoret's three dialogues (447) between an Orthodox man and a Beggar who gathers his beliefs from others, on the unchanging God and the two natures of Christ; the work for which he was condemned at Ephesus in 449 and vindicated at Chalcedon.

   325 min read · translated by Blomfield Jackson

Portrait: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Theodoret Evesque de Cyr (BM 1879,1213.105)”, public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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