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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginnings of Christology
- Part II Developing Christological Traditions
- Part III Traditions of Pro-Nicene Christology
- Part IV Controversy over Nestorius
- 40 Eusebius of Dorylaeum, Protest
- 41 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Nestorius
- 42 Nestorius of Constantinople, Second Letter to Cyril
- 43 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the Holy Virgin Theotokos
- 44 Nestorius of Constantinople, Three Letters to Celestine of Rome
- 45 John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord against Nestorius 3.1–16 and 5.1–4
- 46 Cyril of Alexandria, Third Letter to Nestorius
- 47 Nestorius of Constantinople, Letter to John of Antioch
- 48 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Refutation of the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
- 49 Acts of the Council of Ephesus ( June–October 431): Selected Proceedings
- 50 Cyril of Alexandria, Letter of Reunion to John of Antioch
- 51 Ibas of Edessa, Letter to Mari the Persian
- 52 Cyril of Alexandria, First Letter to Succensus
- 53 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
- 54 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Eranistes: Epilogue
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
53 - Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
from Part IV - Controversy over Nestorius
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2022
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginnings of Christology
- Part II Developing Christological Traditions
- Part III Traditions of Pro-Nicene Christology
- Part IV Controversy over Nestorius
- 40 Eusebius of Dorylaeum, Protest
- 41 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Nestorius
- 42 Nestorius of Constantinople, Second Letter to Cyril
- 43 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the Holy Virgin Theotokos
- 44 Nestorius of Constantinople, Three Letters to Celestine of Rome
- 45 John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord against Nestorius 3.1–16 and 5.1–4
- 46 Cyril of Alexandria, Third Letter to Nestorius
- 47 Nestorius of Constantinople, Letter to John of Antioch
- 48 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Refutation of the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
- 49 Acts of the Council of Ephesus ( June–October 431): Selected Proceedings
- 50 Cyril of Alexandria, Letter of Reunion to John of Antioch
- 51 Ibas of Edessa, Letter to Mari the Persian
- 52 Cyril of Alexandria, First Letter to Succensus
- 53 Cyril of Alexandria, Second Letter to Succensus
- 54 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Eranistes: Epilogue
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
Summary
The date of this letter is unknown, though it is later than the First Letter to Succensus. It could almost be regarded as the charter of the miaphysite movement that would crystalize after the Council of Chalcedon and persists to the present day. Here Cyril responds directly to a series of questions presented to Succensus by an unspecified person from the camp of the Easterners (so called because they came from the Roman diocese of Oriens or “East”), presumably in response to what he had written in the First Letter to Succensus. Notably all of the questions turn on the issue of what the words “flesh” (sarx) or “become incarnate” (ensarkoō) mean and what they imply about how one should use the language of “nature” (physis) with respect to Christ.
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 740 - 746Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022