Cyril of Alexandria
5th century · AD 444 · Eastern & Byzantine · 2,238 passages
Defender of the unity of Christ's person; wrote extensive commentaries on John and the prophets.
Background on Cyril of Alexandria
In his own words on Jude
- Jude 1:4
These words were written about those who, after attributing the glory of sonship only to the Word begotten of God the Father, say that another son of the seed of David and Jesse has been united with him and been given a share in the sonship and in the glory proper to God.
LETTERS 55.41
- Jude 1:19
The Nestorians are sensual men, not having the Spirit, because they divide the one Christ and Son and Lord into two sons.… For they pretend to confess one Christ and Son and say that his person is one, but by dividing him into two separate hypostases they completely sweep away the doctrine of the mystery.
LETTERS 50.20
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.