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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