Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters

Blessed Theodoret of Cyrus · c. 450 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Bishop of Cyrus in Syria; the foremost theologian and exegete of the Antiochene school after the Council of Ephesus. Initially aligned with Nestorius in opposition to St Cyril of Alexandria, he was deposed at the "Robber Council" of Ephesus (449) and restored at Chalcedon (451) after explicitly anathematizing Nestorius. His earlier writings against St Cyril were among the Three Chapters posthumously condemned by the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553). His Ecclesiastical History (covering 323–428), Dialogues (Eranistes) against Eutychian monophysitism, and Letters are historically and theologically valuable; his exegetical works are widely esteemed in both East and West.

Contents

1. Chronological Tables to accompany the History and Life of Theodoret(1 chapter)
2. Manuscripts and Editions of Separate Works(1 chapter)
3. The Anathemas of Cyril in Opposition to Nestorius(1 chapter)
4. Counter-statements of Theodoret(1 chapter)
5. The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret(155 chapters)
6. Dialogues. The “Eranistes” or “Polymorphus” of the Blessed Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrus(7 chapters)
7. Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, Bishop of Cyprus(182 chapters)