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Theodore of Mopsuestia


20 Nov 2004

Theodore of Mopsuestia (4th cent.)

Major works

          On the Incarnation

          What is the Difference between Theory and Allegory

Importance

          Greatest interpreter of the Antiochene school

          Argued for interpretation of Scripture that stresses a single consistent historical or literal meaning

          Argued that the Logos assumed a specific human being and not just ‘human nature’ in general

          Denied the canonicity of several Bible books