God and Man in Christ

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.