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    St. Cyril of Alexandria wrote "Christ is One" to address questions about the nature of Christ that emerged in the 4th century. Specifically, Cyril sought to explain how Christ could be both fully God and fully human. The book introduces Cyril's life and the theological context of his time. It then summarizes Cyril's text, analyzes his views on the unity of Christ's divine and human natures, and discusses how his teachings apply to spiritual life today. The book series aims to make ancient Christian saints more accessible by presenting their works in simple language with relevance to contemporary spirituality.

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    St. Cyril of Alexandria wrote "Christ is One" to address questions about the nature of Christ that emerged in the 4th century. Specifically, Cyril sought to explain how Christ could be both fully God and fully human. The book introduces Cyril's life and the theological context of his time. It then summarizes Cyril's text, analyzes his views on the unity of Christ's divine and human natures, and discusses how his teachings apply to spiritual life today. The book series aims to make ancient Christian saints more accessible by presenting their works in simple language with relevance to contemporary spirituality.

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    St. Cyril of Alexandria wrote "Christ is One" to address questions about the nature of Christ that emerged in the 4th century. Specifically, Cyril sought to explain how Christ could be both fully God and fully human. The book introduces Cyril's life and the theological context of his time. It then summarizes Cyril's text, analyzes his views on the unity of Christ's divine and human natures, and discusses how his teachings apply to spiritual life today. The book series aims to make ancient Christian saints more accessible by presenting their works in simple language with relevance to contemporary spirituality.

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    God and Μan in Christ.

    Is Christ God Himself?


    The answer of St. Cyril according to his
    work “Christ is one”.
    Introduction

    Who is Christ? A Man, a God, or both? He is a God-man, but what does this name really
    mean? How do divine and human nature unite in one person? And how is it possible for a
    God to be hungry, thirsty or pray with agony and finally be crucified? Did God indwell to
    a human being and abandon that human being during the crucifixion? How do the
    answers of these questions about Christ impact our faith? These contemporary questions
    initially appeared in the 4th century, and Saint Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, responded by
    determining how Divinity and humanity were united through his work “Christ is One”.
    Cyril is the main figure of the Church’s doctrine regarding Christ and the Church adopted
    his views as representative of its faith.
    The current book begins by describing Cyril’s life and the theological-historical
    background of his period. Afterwards, there is a summary of Cyril’s text, a theological
    analysis of his views and moreover, some comments on how specific points apply to our
    contemporary spiritual life.

    Series: Theology in Public.


    This series intends to present some basic texts from Saints of the ancient Church.
    Saints have both determined the development of our tradition and they inspire us in our
    spiritual life. Their teaching reached us through the Church’s tradition and their
    personality is known to us through their texts, written in specific periods and
    geographical areas. Simultaneously, their texts respond to contemporary spiritual matters.
    Due to their ancient language (a very few texts have been translated into English) and due
    to the expertise needed and the secondary bibliography that someone should deal with in
    order to be appropriately informed, it is not easy to approach and study them. After a few
    years of experience teaching these text in a university setting, I realized there is a certain
    distance, or gap, between Christians and Saints due to these technical issues. This series
    is an attempt to reveal the Christians the roots of their faith by presenting these texts in a
    simple language and an approachable way. I hope to expand the contribution of academic
    theology from the universities to the Christian community, making the lives, works, and
    thoughts of these Saints available to all.

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