Episode 40: Cyril of Alexandria, Introduction to Christology, Part 4, Dr. C. Veniamin

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Episode 40: Cyril of Alexandria, Introduction to Christology, Part 4, Dr. C. Veniamin

In Episode 40 of our Mystical Theology, Dr. Veniamin presents the foundations of Christology as formulated by St. Cyril, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 444), in the context of the Nestorian controversy (429 – 431). For a list of the various themes contained herein, see the Timestamps below.

Q&As available in The Professor’s Blog

Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022); The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016); The Transfiguration of Christ in Greek Patristic Literature (2022); and Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church: According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides, Vol. 1 (2012), Vol. 2 (repr. ed. 2020).

Further bibliography may be found in our "Scholar's Corner" webpage.

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1. Episode 40: Cyril of Alexandria, Introduction to Christology, Part 4, Dr. C. Veniamin (00:00:00)

2. Theodokos: Christology at the Core (00:00:01)

3. Two Subjects vs. One Person (00:03:52)

4. One of the Trinity Became Incarnate (00:07:15)

5. Two Births of the Divine Logos (00:10:43)

6. Appropriation and Divine Self-Emptying (00:14:30)

7. Natural vs. Hypostatic Union (00:19:52)

8. Only God Himself Could Heal Us (00:25:10)

9. Call to Action and Closing (00:27:18)