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  • The unity of Christ in Cyril of Alexandria's Festal Letters

  • Jonathan Morgan
  • Journal:
    Scottish Journal of Theology / Volume 77 / Issue 2 / May 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    11 December 2023, pp. 163-174
    Print publication:
    May 2024
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  • Cyril of Alexandria's Festal Letters are an underutilised source of his theology. Through them one can trace the development of his thought throughout the tumultuous years of his episcopacy. In this article, I draw attention to Cyril's ‘unitive’ Christology and the way he explains the incarnation to those under his pastoral care. Cyril employs key strategies informed by strong theological convictions to describe Christ as one subject who is fully divine and human.

  • Chapter 4 - Letter-Types and Their Uses

  • Pauline Allen, University of Pretoria, Bronwen Neil, Macquarie University, Sydney
  • Book:
    Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity
    Published online:
    05 September 2020
    Print publication:
    10 September 2020, pp 70-93

  • Summary

    In this chapter we deal with letter types and their uses, discussing the popularity of new letter forms in early Christianity. These forms are then divided into groups: episcopal letters, conciliar letters, those written by monastic bishops and by the bishops of Rome. Monastic letters and those of spiritual direction are also considered, together with imperial letters to or from the imperial family and other royal houses.