Subject Index

(Page numbers refer to print edition.)



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