Synopsis
THEODORET, b. at Antioch towards the close of the
fourth century; d. at Cyrus, or Cyrrhus, the capital of the Syrian province of
Cyrrhestica, 457. He was educated in the monastery of St. Euprepius, near
Antioch; ordained a deacon by Bishop Porphyrius; and elected bishop of Cyrus in
420 and 423. As a pupil of Diodorus of Tarsus, and Theodore of Mopsuestia, he joined at the synod of
Ephesus (431) the minority which deposed Cyril; but
by the robber-synod of Ephesus (449) he was himself deposed, and banished to
the monastery of Aparnea. By the synod of
Chalcedon, however (451), he was again restored to his see. He was a very
prolific writer. Exegetical, historical, polemical, and dogmatical works,
sermons, and letters by him, still exist. But his principal work is his Church
History, comprising the period from 325 to 429, translated into French by
Mathée (Poitiers, 1544). The first collected edition of his works was
published by Sirmond (Paris, 1642, 4 vols. fol.), to which was added in 1684 a
fifth by Hardouin, containing, among other things, his life by Garnier. There
are also editions by Schuize (Halle, 1769-74, 4 vols.) and Migne (Paris,
1859-60, 5 vols.). See Roos: De Theodoreto Clementis et Eusebii
compilatore, Halle, 1883, 69 pp.; A. BERTRAM: Tileodoreti episcopi
Cyrensis, doctrina christologica, Hildesheim, 1883.
Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious
Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical
Theology, 3rd edn., Vol. 4. Toronto, New York & London: Funk &
Wagnalls Company, 1894. p.2826.
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G.W. Ashby, Theodoret of Cyrrhus as
Exegete of the Old Testament. Grahamstown, South Africa: Publication
Department of Rhodes University, 1972. |
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G.W. Ashby, "The Hermeneutic Approach
of Theodoret of Cyrrhus with Special Reference to Certain Prophets" Ou
Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika (1975). |
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G.W. Ashby, "The Hermeneutic Approach
of Theodoret of Cyrrhus to the Old Testament" Studia Patristica 15
(1975/84): 131-135. |
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G.F.
Chestnut, The First Christian Histories: Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen,
Theodoret and Evagrius, 2nd edn. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998. Pbk.
ISBN: 0865542031. {Amazon.com} |
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B. Croke, "Dating Theodoret's Church
History and Commentary on the Psalms," Byzantion 54 (1984):
59-74. |
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E. Honigmann, "Theodoret of Cyrrhus and
Basil of Seleucia: The Time of Their Death," Patristic Studies, Studi e
Testi 173. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1953.
pp.174-184. |
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J.T. Leinhard, "The Exegesis of 1 Cor
15:24-28 from Marcellus of Ancyra to Theodoret of Cyrus," Vigiliae
Christianae 37 (1983): 340-59. |
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C.T. McCollough, "A Christianity for an
Age of Crisis: Theodoret of Cyrus's Commentary on Daniel," Systemic 2
(1989): 157-74. |
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M. Parmentier, "A Letter from Theodoret
of Cyrus to the Exiled Nestorius (CPG 6270) in a Syraic Version," Bijdragen.
Tijdschrift voor philosophie en theologie 51 (1990): 234-45. |
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Pasztori-Kupan,
Theodoret of Cyrus. London: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor &
Francis Books Ltd., 2005. Pbk. ISBN: 0415309611. {Amazon.com} |
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A.C. Vrame, "Theodoret, bishop of Kyros
as an Exegete of Isaiah, 1: A Translation of His Commentary, with an
Introduction," Greek Orthodox Theological Review 34 (1989):
127-47. |
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Alexander of 
Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on Daniel. Society
of Biblical Literture - Writings from the Greco-Roman World. Leiden: Brill,
2006. Hbk. ISBN: 9004130519. pp.376.
