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Leontius of Jerusalem

Against the Monophysites: Testimonies of the Saints and Aporiae

edited by Patrick T.R. Gray

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
May 2006
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780199266449
    Publish Date
    May 2006
    List Price
    $280.00

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Leontius of Jerusalem is considered the most accomplished of the neo-Chalcedonian theologians of the sixth century. He shows himself, in his Testimonies of the Saints, to be an ecumenical theologian attempting to convince Syrian anti-Chalcedonians ('Monophysites') that their objections to Chalcedon are baseless, since all agree, beneath their antithetical formulae, on a christology of hypostatic union. They are urged to abandon their self-important yet discredited mentor, Severus, and to see that Chalcedon had no secret agenda. Gray's edition of this important early Christian treatise provides an introduction, the Greek text, and notes, together with a new translation into readable, modern English.

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Contributor Notes

Patrick T. R. Gray is Professor of Religious Studies, York University.