School of Antioch

The Catechetical School of Antioch was one of the two major centers of the study of biblical

Antioch in Syria, one of the major cities of the ancient Roman Empire. Although there were early interpreters from Antioch, like Theophilus of Antioch, the proper school of exegesis at Antioch belongs to the period of the late fourth and the fifth centuries.^[1]

While the Christian intellectuals of Alexandria emphasized the

Augustine, and instead literally held to the notion of the progressive creation of the Genesis creation narrative: those things created on the sixth day did not exist in the fifth, that made on the fifth day did not exist in the fourth, and so on. Advocates included Acacius of Caesarea, Severian of Gabala, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret, and others.^[3]

Nestorius, before becoming Patriarch of Constantinople, had also been a monk at Antioch and had there become imbued with the principles of the Antiochene theological school.^[4]

Periods

The school of Antioch is best divided into three periods:

The early school (170–early fourth century)

The earliest author known of this period is Theophilus of Antioch. Then there is a gap of a century and in the first half of the fourth century there are three known antiochene authors: the best known is Eusebius of Emesa; other representatives are Acacius of Caesarea and Theodore bishop of Heraklea.

The middle school (350–433)

This period includes at least three different generations: Diodorus of Tarsus, who directed an ἀσκητήριον (school) he may have founded. Among his disciples, the best known are John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia. The main figure of the third generation was Nestorius.

The late school (after 433)

After the

Alexandrian School of Theology.^{[citation needed]} Apparently only two later authors are known: Basil of Seleucia and Gennadius of Constantinople.^{[citation needed}

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References

Citations

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Anastos, Milton V. (1962). "Nestorius Was Orthodox". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 16: 117–140.
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Baur, Chrysostom (1912). "Theodore of Mopsuestia". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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Brown, Andrew J. (2019). The Days of Creation: A History of Christian Interpretation of Genesis 1:1–2:3–4. Brill.

Chesnut, Roberta C. (1978). "The Two Prosopa in Nestorius' Bazaar of Heracleides". The Journal of Theological Studies. 29 (2): 392–409.
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McLeod, Frederick (2009). Theodore of Mopsuestia. London: Routledge.
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Norris, Richard A., ed. (1980). The Christological Controversy. Minneapolis: Fortess Press.
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Pásztori-Kupán, István (2006). Theodoret of Cyrus. London & New York: Routledge.
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Perhai, Richard J. (2015). Antiochene Theoria in the Writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Theodoret of Cyrus. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
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