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Abraham, 1, 13-15, 18-20, 76, 232, 233
Adam, 2, 186, 189, 208, 275, 297, 334, 345, 355
Aeschylus, 145 n. 103
Ahab, 26, 27
angels, 125, 285, 358, 375
Anomoeans, 194
See also Eunomius
apostles, 57-59, 243, 249, 366-68
Arians, xvii, xviii, 77, 81, 107, 157 n. 152
See also Eunomius
baptism, 82, 88, 120, 354, 362, 369, 372
infant, 88
blessing (Cyril’s term for the Eucharist), 76, 82, 214, 274, 291, 354, 362, 374
blindness, 21, 22, 29, 31-56
Cain, 2-5
catechesis, xviii, xix, 187 n. 276, 229 n. 161, 362, 384 n. 263
See also pedagogy
chapter headings, issue of, xix, xx
Christ, Jesus
ascension of, 201, 202, 204, 208, 227, 250-52, 287, 293, 363, 374, 375
assuaging anger, 48
eternity of, 20
as gate, 56-61
glorification of, 101-11, 134, 135, 148, 227, 269-78
as good shepherd, 60-68, 315
grief of, 89-91
human soul of, 105, 107
impassibility of, 17, 104
and imprint of the Father, 70
as king of Israel, 100, 333, 334, 341, 344, 345
as life, 150, 151, 159
life-giving body of, 32, 188, 214, 215, 291
as light of the world, 30, 32, 110, 113
miracles of, 36, 37, 42, 44, 48, 51, 52, 81, 91, 154, 155, 161, 173, 244, 245, 266, 337, 363, 386
as model teacher, 6 n. 24 (see also pedagogy)
nature, one, 379 n. 235
natures, two, 103, 136
omnipresence of, 31
omniscience of, 56, 57, 69, 71, 90, 97, 118, 124, 258, 261, 267, 329, 349
as “prophet,” 38, 46, 47, 72, 115, 116
sinlessness of, 5
speaks as a human being, 17, 106
suffering of, 11, 12, 68, 70, 72, 78, 98, 103-6, 109, 118, 131, 203, 229, 283, 284, 312, 315, 316, 318, 322, 323, 329, 333-35, 339, 342-46, 349, 350
as truth, 150, 151, 216, 247, 380
unity of, 51, 103, 146, 147, 306, 377, 379
as vine, 210-24
as way, 150, 151
as wisdom of the Father, 73, 107, 178, 212, 227, 276, 277, 311
as Word of the Father, 78, 107, 116, 136, 146, 148, 178, 188, 197, 227, 276, 278, 287, 297, 300, 307, 311, 369, 379
See also resurrection: of Christ; Trinity
circumcision, 218, 220
creation, 309
created through the Son, 117, 167
creator distinct from, 167
from nothing, 167, 174, 187
cross. See Christ, Jesus: suffering of
Cyril of Alexandria
biography, xv-xvi
exegesis, xxi-xiv
writing style, xx, xxi
date of the Commentary on John, xvi-xvii
demons, 9-12, 73, 74, 224, 228, 254, 274
devil, 1-5, 12, 13, 63, 107, 108, 118, 129-34, 209, 245, 254, 293, 294, 310, 313, 344
Cain, son of, 3-5
children of, 1-5, 8, 9
how the devil tempts, 130, 133
divinization, 148, 149, 186, 228, 252, 285, 297, 363
distinguished from the divinity of Christ, 78, 79, 186 n. 267
embodiment. See soul
emotions, divine, 127
essence, 205, 206, 280
Eucharist. See blessing
Eunomius, xvii, xviii, 107
exegetes, ancient, 2
faith, 51, 91, 103, 112, 146, 210, 217, 221, 222, 234, 254, 369, 376, 378, 379
definition of, 92, 113, 124, 273
justification by, 132, 149, 233
and law, 196
reason and, 51
righteousness of, 232, 233, 351, 352
salvation by, 61, 63, 113
and works, 123, 124, 177, 224, 225
See also knowledge of God
fate, 103 n. 9
fatherhood, by imitation, 7
filioque, 178 n. 223, 193 n. 17
fittingness, 182, 310, 370, 372, 386
free will, 125, 188, 210, 217, 288
Gentiles, 31-33, 45, 52, 68, 69, 101-3, 219, 236, 334, 381
grace, 176, 222, 273, 285, 289, 291, 294, 307, 308, 326, 363, 368, 370
divinization by, 188, 285
See also participation
Gregory of Nazianzus, 106 n. 16
grief, 90, 250, 262, 320, 358, 359, 362
Holy Spirit, 106, 142, 145, 191, 194, 197-99, 207-10, 217-20, 222, 245, 247, 252-64, 279, 297-99, 302
divinity of, 179, 194, 246, 256-59, 296
from the essence of the Son, 178, 179
through the Son, 181, 246, 258, 296
Son anointed by, 300
See also filioque; sanctification; Trinity
Homer, 49 n. 179, 114 n. 40
hypostasis, 116, 176, 179, 212, 288
image of God, 187, 310, 369
incarnation. See oikonomia
Judas, 99, 118-34, 223, 288, 289, 312-14
judgment, 107, 108, 182, 183, 252, 254
justification, 61, 108, 113, 132, 149, 219, 233, 253, 345, 352
knowledge of God, 16, 65, 66, 263, 273, 274, 279
as intellectual acquaintance, 66, 67
as relationship, 67, 68
See also faith
language, inadequacy of, 73, 79, 80, 127
law, 108, 219, 221, 279, 280, 308, 348
righteousness of, 232, 235, 351, 352
typified Christ, 109, 196, 226, 242, 282, 319, 321, 327, 346, 351, 361, 368
Lazarus, 82-95, 97, 100, 101, 370
love, 140, 141
magicians, 49
Manes, 106, 114
manuscript tradition, xxi
Mary and Martha, 82-98
Mary Magdalene, 356-64, 374
Mary, mother of Jesus, 347-49
Moses, 23-25, 45-49, 115, 138, 159, 196, 219, 221, 235, 236, 242, 244, 246, 249, 280-82, 298, 317, 321, 368, 371, 381
Nicodemus, 44
oikonomia, 73, 76, 175, 178, 198, 201, 203, 204 n. 60, 212, 226-29, 242, 251, 252, 264, 272, 288, 290, 300, 346, 361
Origenism, 22 n. 86
participation, 67, 149, 179, 187, 194, 195, 214, 252, 274, 285, 296, 298, 299, 302, 305, 306, 369, 370
Passover, 97, 98, 117, 328, 347
pedagogy, xix, 6 n. 24, 19
Peter, 119-22, 128, 141-45, 255, 295, 311, 315-20, 325, 343, 381-85
philosophical distinctions
logos as definition, 18
λόγος ἐνδιάθετος vs. λόγος προφορικός, 117 n. 6, 198 n. 36
pleasure, 50, 236, 239, 286, 289, 292, 308, 309
poverty, 39, 40, 99, 133
priesthood, 59
ransom, 208, 344
reason, 280
See also faith: reason and
recapitulation, 185, 186
resurrection
of Christ, 70, 109, 144, 182, 204, 307, 315, 356, 357, 365, 373, 375-77
general, 11, 61, 86, 87, 148, 182, 185, 188, 190, 315, 375
sabbath, 31-38, 42, 45, 266, 353
Sabellius, 203
Samaritans, 8, 47, 229
sanctification, 80, 81, 120, 180, 221, 222, 246, 254, 287, 291, 294-309
Scripture
historical narrative of, 30, 31 n. 122, 59
Old Testament typology, 134
prophecies not the cause of sin, 126, 288, 289
spiritual sense of, 31 n. 123, 55, 59, 97, 219
sin
before birth, 1, 22
cause of, 5, 111
fall into, 63, 188, 345, 369
no one punished for another’s, 22-27, 50
soul, 104, 350
embodiment not a punishment, 1, 22, 28
suffering, reason for, 1, 22, 28, 29, 83, 218
temper, 239, 323, 324
temple, 74, 75, 351-53
Christ’s body as, 355, 365, 373
temptation, 130, 131
Theodore of Heraclea, 162 n. 163
theophanies, 154, 158
Theophilus of Alexandria, xv-xvi
Thomas, 85, 149, 150, 371-77
Trinity, 80, 81, 161-73, 215, 245, 246, 274
distinct persons, 77, 81, 146, 161, 170, 180, 305
“holy and consubstantial Trinity,” 11, 146, 151, 180, 181, 207, 211, 249, 263, 284, 303, 382
identical actions, 78, 81, 160, 212, 244, 290, 311
identical will, 81, 286
identical words, 160
incorporeality of, 163
Son consubstantial with the Father, 8, 11, 77, 82, 112, 148, 173, 190, 200, 207, 210, 278
Son from the Father by nature, 16, 17, 150, 158, 165, 186, 265, 270, 277
Son’s knowledge of the Father, 18, 66
unity of nature, 146, 152, 154, 157, 160, 161, 176, 188, 194, 212, 246, 286, 293, 301-5
women, 359, 360, 364
world, 192, 235-38, 253, 268, 292, 310
worship, spiritual vs. legal, 53, 139, 221, 226, 255, 297, 380