Cyril's uncle was the notorious Theophilus, a ruthless and fiercely competitive churchman — and the old manhood handpicked his nephew to be his successor as bishop of Alexandria. Cyril learned from Theophilus how to orchestrate an international incident and carry it through to the victorious end. But he was very much his own man: a towering intellect, the mastermind of the Council of Ephesus, a prodigious commentator on the Scriptures, and a saint of a different sort.
LINKS
Socrates Scholasticus, The Ecclesiastical History (Book VII, the story of Cyril and the Council of Ephesus) [ Ссылка ]
Works of Cyril in translation [ Ссылка ]
John McGuckin, Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy [ Ссылка ]
Mike Aquilina’s website [ Ссылка ]
Mike Aquilina’s books [ Ссылка ]
Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed [ Ссылка ]
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