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Cyril of Alexandria - ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

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“Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444, was one of the most powerful bishops of this time. An influential theologian, he clashed with Nestorius of Constantinople on the question of whether Mary could be addressed as Theotokos (bearer of God). Cyril ensured that Nestorius and his dyophysite Christology were condemned at the council of Ephesus in 431. In the sixth century, he was seen as a champion of orthodoxy by both miaphysites and Chalcedonians. The emperor Justinian, in his theological writings, sought to ensure that the decisions of the contentious council of Chalcedon were interpreted in line with Cyrillian Christology.” 9

Names

  • ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ4
  • Cyril of Alexandria
  • ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܰܐܠܟܣܰܢܕܪܝܰܐ4
  • ܩܘܪܠܘܣ6
  • قورلس الاسكندري3
  • Cyrille d’Alexandrie6
  • Cyrille d’Alexandrie (extr.)6
  • Cyrillus Alexandrinus8
  • Kūrilōs d-Ālēksandryā6
  • Qēwrelōs6
  • Qōwrelōs
  • Cyrille d’Alexandrie6
  • Cyril of Alexandria1, 2

Floruit

412-444

Death

444
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Works Cited

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  • 1 S. P. Brock, "Cyril of Alexandria." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 109.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 65.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 63.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 80.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Cyril of Alexandria.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1132, 175, 559, 1527.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 19, chapter: 3.1.17.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-2003), entry: 5200-5411, p: III, 1-55.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 444-445.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 19.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Cyril of Alexandria — ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/430.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Cyril of Alexandria — ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/430.

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Entry Title: Cyril of Alexandria — ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

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  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
  • Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
  • Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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