THEO7057 · Theology

Cyril of Alexandria, Later Christology

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

The understanding of Christ in the early centuries of Christianity was an important expression of conviction and ecclesiology. In six weeks this course will examine how Christ was understood in the writings of St. Cyril of Alexandria, and then in a second six weeks we will examine Cyrils theological legacy in Churches that accepted the council of Chalcedon and in those that did not. Leontius, Severus, Maximus and John Damascene are the major writers to be examined in the later weeks. Methodologies will include intellectual history, social-critical analysis, and theological judgment with attention to normative dogmatics and ecumenism.