Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1
Cyril of Alexandria
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Length 5 h 33 min
Chapters 12
First published 1885
Cyril was a scholarly archbishop and a prolific writer. In the early years of his active life in the Church he wrote several exegetical documents. Among these were: Commentaries on the Old Testament, Thesaurus, Discourse Against Arians, Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and Dialogues on the Trinity. In 429 as the Christological controversies increased, the output of his writings was so extensive that his opponents could not match it. His writings and his theology have remained central to the tradition of the Fathers and to all Orthodox to this day. (from Wikipedia)
Book I of Commentary on St John's Gospel covers John 1:1-28.
Chapters
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Introduction Read by Jonathan Lange 12:07
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Chapter 2: That the Son being Consubstantial with the Father is also God in His own Person, even as also the Father, on the words, And the Word was with God. Read by Jonathan Lange 13:14
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Chapter 3: That the Son is also God by Nature, in nowise either inferior to, or unlike the Father, on the words, And the Word was God. Read by Jonathan Lange 28:23
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Chapter 4: Against those who dare to say, that the conceived and natural Word in God the Father is one, and He that is called Son by the Divine Scriptures another (such is the misconceit of Eunomius' party), on the words, This was in the beginning with God. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 43:26
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Chapter 5: That the Son is by Nature Creator with the Father, as being of His Essence, and not taken to Him as a minister, on the words, All things were made by Him. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 19:05
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Chapter 6: That the Son is by Nature Life, and therefore not originate, but of the Essence of God the Father, on the words, That which was made, in it was Life. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 14:36
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Chapter 7: That the Son is by Nature Light, and therefore not originate, but of the Essence of God the Father as Very Light' from Very Light, on the words, And the Life was the Light of men. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 35:14
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Chapter 8: That the Son of God alone is Very Light, the creature not at all, being participate of Light, as originate, on the words, He was the Very Light. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 26:03
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Chapter 9: That the soul of man does not exist prior to the body, nor is the embodiment a consequence of former sins, as some say, on the words, He was the Very Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world: He was in the world. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 41:55
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Chapter 9, part 2 Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 26:44
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Chapter 9, part 3 Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 35:12
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Chapter 10: That the Only-begotten is alone by Nature the Son from the Father, as being of Him and in Him, on the words, No man hath seen God at any time. Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 24:40
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