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The Decree of Chalcedon is Cyrillian
Read essay: The Decree of Chalcedon is CyrillianThe Council of Chalcedon is important in the history of Christianity, because it helped harmonize Saint Cyril of Alexandria’s Christology with the historical Christology of the West. These Christologies were…
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Cyril of Alexandria’s Dyophysitism
Saint Cyril of Alexandria’s Christology is not terribly complicated. He taught that the person of God the Word assumed human essence, so that after this assumption (the incarnation)…
Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Cyril of Alexandria, Jesus Christ, Theology, TrinityRead essay: Cyril of Alexandria’s Dyophysitism -
EARLY CHURCH ON PURGATORY
Read essay: EARLY CHURCH ON PURGATORY2 nd Century AD St. Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD) “The believer through discipline divests himself of his passions and passes to the mansion better than the former…
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Irenaeus, Apostolic Succession & the Roman See
Read essay: Irenaeus, Apostolic Succession & the Roman SeeThe following is taken from St. Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses, Book III. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 3 A refutation of the heretics, from the fact that, in the…
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Filioque, Petrine & Roman Primacy
Read essay: Filioque, Petrine & Roman PrimacyThe following excerpt is taken from Francis Dvornik, Byzantine missions among the Slavs. SS. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius (F. Dvornik, Byzantine missions among the Slavs – 6), pp. 189-192.…
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Epiphanius of Cyprus on the Filioque
In this post I will be citing from the works of St. Epiphanius in respect to the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and/through the…
Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Church History, Filioque, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Theology, TrinityRead essay: Epiphanius of Cyprus on the Filioque -
St. Cyril on the Filioque
Read essay: St. Cyril on the FilioqueIn this post I will be citing from the works of St. Cyril of Alexandria where this blessed saint spoke of the Spirit’s essential/natural procession from both the…
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St. Gregory of Nyssa on the Filioque
Read essay: St. Gregory of Nyssa on the FilioqueIn this post I will share a few quotes from St. Gregory in respect to the Filioque, e.g., the Holy Spirit’s eternal procession from the Father by/through the…
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Gregory of Nazianzus on Trinitarian Monarchy
Read essay: Gregory of Nazianzus on Trinitarian MonarchyThe extract is taken from St. Gregory Nazianzus’ Orations where he discusses the monarchy of the Father in respect to the Trinity. All emphasis will be mine. Oration…
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Gregory Nazianzen on the Monarchia
Read essay: Gregory Nazianzen on the MonarchiaThis comes from St. Gregory’s Oration 25. All emphasis will be mine. Define our piety by teaching the knowledge of: One God, unbegotten, the Father; and One begotten Lord,…