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SUMMARY:Saint Cyril of Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:Saint Cyril of Alexandria\nSaint of the Day for June 27\n(378 – June 27\, 444)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun27.mp3\nSaint Cyril of Alexandria’s Story\nSaints are not born with halos around their heads. Cyril\, recognized as a great teacher of the Church\, began his career as archbishop of Alexandria\, Egypt\, with impulsive\, often violent\, actions. He pillaged and closed the churches of the Novatian heretics–who required those who denied the faith to be re-baptized–participated in the deposing of Saint John Chrysostom\, and confiscated Jewish property\, expelling the Jews from Alexandria in retaliation for their attacks on Christians. \nCyril’s importance for theology and Church history lies in his championing the cause of orthodoxy against the heresy of Nestorius\, who taught that in Christ there were two persons\, one human and one divine. \nThe controversy centered around the two natures in Christ. Nestorius would not agree to the title “God-bearer” for Mary. He preferred “Christ-bearer\,” saying there are two distinct persons in Christ–divine and human–joined only by a moral union. He said Mary was not the mother of God but only of the man Christ\, whose humanity was only a temple of God. Nestorianism implied that the humanity of Christ was a mere disguise. \nPresiding as the pope’s representative at the Council of Ephesus in 431\, Cyril condemned Nestorianism and proclaimed Mary truly the “God-bearer”–the mother of the one Person who is truly God and truly human. In the confusion that followed\, Cyril was deposed and imprisoned for three months\, after which he was welcomed back to Alexandria. \nBesides needing to soften some of his opposition to those who had sided with Nestorius\, Cyril had difficulties with some of his own allies\, who thought he had gone too far\, sacrificing not only language but orthodoxy. Until his death\, his policy of moderation kept his extreme partisans under control. On his deathbed\, despite pressure\, he refused to condemn the teacher of Nestorius. \n\nReflection\nLives of the saints are valuable not only for the virtue they reveal but also for the less admirable qualities that also appear. Holiness is a gift of God to us as human beings. Life is a process. We respond to God’s gift\, but sometimes with a lot of zigzagging. If Cyril had been more patient and diplomatic\, the Nestorian church might not have risen and maintained power so long. But even saints must grow out of immaturity\, narrowness\, and selfishness. It is because they—and we—do grow\, that we are truly saints\, persons who live the life of God.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-cyril-of-alexandria/2018-06-27/
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