The Puzzle of Theodoret’s Christology: A Modest SuggestionJournal of Theological StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZBXEU77Y/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.DonaldFairbairnThe Puzzle of Theodoret’s Christology: A Modest Suggestionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZBXEU77Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/ZBXEU77Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/ZBXEU77YJournal of Theological StudiesNS 58:12007100-133This article suggests that the perplexities of Theodoret’s Christology can be understood well if one regards them as stemming not from a doctrinal evolution (as some scholars argue), but rather from a fundamental (but usually unnoticed) inconsistency that is present at all times in Theodoret’s life. The inconsistency lies between his normal pattern for writing about Christ and the way he sometimes writes of Christ when he is dealing with the crucifixion. Theodoret usually sees the personal subject of Christ (the one who acts and to whom the human experiences happen) as the Logos himself, but at times when he discusses the death of Christ, his strong view of divine impassibility leads him to see the personal subject who undergoes suffering and death as the man Jesus. The article substantiates its case by reviewing the most significant twentieth-century scholarly literature on Theodoret and by examining his christological writings from three different periods of his career: the years around the Council of Ephesus (431–3), the year he wrote the <i>Eranistes </i>(probably 447), and the years immediately prior to the Council of Chalcedon (448–51). Fairbairn, Donald. “The Puzzle of Theodoret’s Christology: A Modest Suggestion.” Journal of Theological Studies NS 58:1 (2007): 100–133. Donald Fairbairn, The Puzzle of Theodoret’s Christology: A Modest Suggestion, Journal of Theological Studies NS 58:1 (2007): 100–133.ChristologyTheodoret of CyrusV CEtheology