Cyril of Alexandria

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noun

1. Saint. ?375–444 _ad , Christian theologian and patriarch of Alexandria. Feast day: June 27 or June 9

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Cyril of Alexandria

He had been the friend and assistant of St. Cyril of Alexandria, and had lately taken part against Ibas, Bishop of Edessa, whose name has occurred in the above account of the Nestorians.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

As for reasoning thus concerning Cyril of Alexandria, it is demonstrably inadmissible: seeing that at the least on two distinct occasions, this Father exhibits Θεὸς ἐφανερώθη.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

Doctor of the Incarnation, Cyril of Alexandria, from his controversy with the Nestorians.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Pentecost is held to be the feast here alluded to by many early and some later writers, such as Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Erasmus, Calvin, Bengel, etc.

From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas

Gregory Nyssen, Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus and Damascen were charged with "a kind of Tritheism" by Petavius and Dr. Cudworth, who, according to Sherlock, have "mistaken their meaning."

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor