The Appropriation of Divine Life in Cyril of Alexandria (Oxford Theological Monographs)

326 Pages·2004·1.5 MB·English

by  Daniel A. Keating

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The Appropriation of Divine Life in Cyril of
Alexandria
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Acknowledgements
I owe a special debt of gratitude to Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., who enthusiastically encouraged my study of
Cyril, patientlyworkedwith me toseea doctoral thesis tocompletion, and supportedtheexpansionofthat thesis into
this present study. Thanks are also due to Frances Young and Mark Edwards, my examiners, for their searching
questions andhelpfulsuggestions. And Iam gratefultotheRt.Revd KallistosWarefor readingtheentiredraftofthis
study, and patiently working me through many suggestions for improvement.
Thanks are extended to Norman Russell for his kind permission to make use of his excellent D.Phil. thesis, ‘The
Concept of Deification in the Early Greek Fathers’, and also for the benefit I have received from our ongoing
conversation about Cyril and his theology.
Ihavereceiveda greatdealofassistanceintheproductionofthisstudy:JulianeKerkheckercorrectedmanyegregious
mistakes in my translations; Steve Clark and John Yocum kindly offered critical remarks on each chapter; and my
brother, Fr. Michael Keating, rectified (to the degree possible) my unwieldy and infelicitous language. For their
generous help I am extremely grateful.
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Contents
Abbreviations viii
Note on Translation and Citation ix
Introduction 1
1. The Divine Plan of Salvation in Cyril 20
2. The Gift of Divine Life 54
3. The Reception of Divine Life 105
4. Partakers of the Divine Nature 144
5. Conclusions: Cyril's Narrative of Divine Life 191
6. Cyril in Comparison 206
Theodore of Mopsuestia 206
Augustine of Hippo 227
Leo the Great 251
Application to East–West Differences 289
Bibliography 294
Index of Citations of Cyril's Biblical Commentaries 307
General Index 311
viii
Abbreviations
ACO Acta Conciliorum œcumenicorum
CCL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina
CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
FC The Fathers of the Church
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller
JTSNS Journal of Theological Studies, New Series
LXX Septuagint
NPNF A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
PG Patrologia Graeca
PL Patrologia Latina
RSR Recherches de Sciences Religieuses
SC Sources Chrétiennes
SP Studia Patristica
SPCK Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
Note on Translation and Citation
All translationsof Cyril's New Testament biblical commentaries extant in Greek are my own, unless otherwise noted.
Translations ofCyril'sCommentary on Mattheware basedonthecriticaleditionbyJosephReuss, Matthäus-Kommentareaus
der griechischen Kirche (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1957).
Translations of Cyril's Homilies on Luke, where the Greek text is extant, are based on the critical edition by Joseph
Reuss, Lukas-KommentareausdergriechischenKirche(Berlin:Akademie-Verlag,1984).WhereonlytheSyriacoftheHomilies
on Luke is extant,I adopt theEnglishtranslationof R. PayneSmith, ACommentary upon theGospelaccordingto S. Luke by
S. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, based upon his own critical edition of the Syrian text. Smith's translation was originally
published intwovolumes(Oxford: OxfordUniversityPress, 1859), andreprintedinonevolume(NewYork: Studion,
1983).Iwillcitepagenumbersfromthe1983edition.IhaveoccasionallymodifiedSmith'sEnglishtranslationinorder
to adjust for archaic expressions. Where only the Syriac text is extant, I have also consulted the Latin translation of
Homilies1–80 byR. M. Tonneau (Louvain: n.pub.,1953),whichisbasedontherevised criticalSyriactexteditedbyJ.
B. Chabot, S. Cyrilli Alexandrini Commentarii in Lucam, i, CSCO 140 (Syriac 70) (Paris: n. pub., 1912).
Translations ofCyril'sCommentary on John,andofthefragmentsofhis commentariesonRomans, 1–2 Corinthians, and
HebrewsarebasedontheeditionofP.E.Pusey,SanctipatrisnostriCyrilliArchiepiscopiAlexandriniind.JoannisEvangelium,
3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1872). For translations of the Commentary on John, I have consulted the two-volume
English translation of Pusey's edition, Commentary on the Gospel according to St. John by S. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, i,
trans. P. E. Pusey (Oxford: James Parker, 1874); ii, trans. Thomas Randell (London: Walter Smith, 1885).
Cyril's biblical commentaries will be cited according to the biblical text under discussion (e.g. Cyril's commentary on
John 1: 1 will be cited as In Jo. 1: 1). Citations of Cyril's Homilies on Luke