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Wessel Susan |
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Titolo |
Cyril of Alexandria and the Nestorian controversy : the making of a saint and of a heretic / / Susan Wessel |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786611198312 |
1-281-19831-5 |
1-4356-2267-7 |
0-19-153327-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Oxford early Christian studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-353) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THE TAPESTRY OF CYRIL'S EPISCOPACY FROM EGYPT TO THE IMPERIAL CITY; 1. Confrontation in the Early Episcopacy; 2. Political Alliance and the Onset of Controversy; 3. The Reception of Nicaea; 4. The Meeting of the Council; II. THE RHETORIC OF THE NESTORIAN DEBATES; Introduction; 5. Rhetorical Style and Method in the Conciliar Homilies of Cyril; 6. The Rhetorical and Interpretative Method of Nestorius; III. CYRIL EMERGES AS A SAINT IN THE BYZANTINE CHURCH; 7. From a Tentative Resolution to the Renewal of Controversy (AD 431-451); Epilogue |
Appendix: The Homilies that Cyril of Alexandria Delivered in Ephesus During the Summer of 431Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Susan Wessel recounts the historical and cultural process by which Cyril of Alexandria was elevated to canonical status while his opponent, Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, was turned into a heretic. The associated religious controversy was to result in a permenent schism in the Eastern Churches. Wessel argues that it was Cyril's mastery of rhetoric and ecclesiastical politics alike which ensured his victory over his adversary. - ;What were the historical and cultural processes by |
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