Against Those Who Are Unwilling To Confess That The Holy Virgin Is Theotokos by Cyril of Alexandria

Against Those Who Are Unwilling To Confess That The Holy Virgin Is Theotokos Reviews

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  Christian Proano

  Short Christological treatise, really half the book since there is a Greek edition of the text. Even in the translation one can read Cyril forceful attitude in his writings, however, he has a way of showing how the Logos (hypostasis) does remain one even though "out of both essences."
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  Mina

  This book had an introduction and one of important St Cyril letters on defending the Theotokos, in English and in Greek. Unless you are a scholar, I would recommend skipping the introduction and start on the actual letter.
  
  
  I had this book on my shelf for 10 years, delaying to read it until I am ‘in the mood’. Also, I have read some biblical exegesis of St. Cyril translated to arabic, and they were extremely hard to read. Which made me ‘delay’ reading this one. However, I was surprised by the ease and fluency of this translation.
  
  The book is written for researchers or academics. It’s introduction which I dreaded critiqued one of the scholars’ view on St Cyril’s letter. The French scholar had things to say about its authenticity and the author of this book responds to these points. I got bored of the academic debate, skipping it and started on the translation of the letter. It was easy read and directed to the average Christian reader. No academic jargon.
  
  I hope you get to enjoy this book as much as I did.