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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
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