Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten

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Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten is a theological treatise by Cyril of Alexandria that offers doctrinal commentary on the mystery of Christ’s incarnation and the union of divine and human natures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christological work
patristic text
theological treatise
associatedWith Council of Ephesus
audience bishops and theologians
author Cyril of Alexandria
century 5th century
discipline patristics
systematic theology
doctrinalPosition affirmation of Christ’s full divinity
affirmation of Christ’s full humanity
emphasis on unity of Christ’s person
focusesOn hypostatic union
relationship between nature and person in Christ
genre scholia
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
influenced later Byzantine Christology
medieval Christian theology
influencedBy Athanasius of Alexandria
Nicene Christianity
surface form: Nicene theology
keyConcept assumption of human nature
consubstantiality with the Father
Son of God
surface form: only-begotten Son

salvific purpose of the Incarnation
language Greek
literaryForm doctrinal commentary
mainSubject Christology
Incarnation of Christ
union of divine and human natures in Christ
opposes Nestorianism
partOf Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological corpus
preservedIn manuscript tradition
relatedWork Letters to Nestorius
surface form: Letters of Cyril of Alexandria

On the Unity of Christ
religiousContext Eastern Christianity
religiousDenominationContext Coptic Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Orthodox Christianity
studiedIn seminary curricula
university theology programs
theologicalOrientation anti-Nestorian
theologicalSchool Alexandrian theology
theologicalTradition Christianity
usedIn dogmatic theology
historical theology

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Cyril of Alexandria wroteWork Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten
Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten partOf Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological corpus
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke relatedWorkByAuthor Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten
this entity surface form: Scholia on the Incarnation