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Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1

Name: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1
Author: Cyril of Alexandria

Cyril of Alexandria

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Chapters

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Introduction (12:07)
Chapter 1: That Everlasting and before the ages is the Only-Begotten, on the words, In the beginning was the Word. (12:15)
Chapter 2: That the Son being Consubstantial with the Father is also God in His own Person, even as also the Father, on the words, And the Word was with God. (13:14)
Chapter 3: That the Son is also God by Nature, in nowise either inferior to, or unlike the Father, on the words, And the Word was God. (28:23)
Chapter 4: Against those who dare to say, that the conceived and natural Word in God the Father is one, and He that is called Son by the Divine Scriptures another (such is the misconceit of Eunomius' party), on the words, This was in the beginning with God. (43:26)
Chapter 5: That the Son is by Nature Creator with the Father, as being of His Essence, and not taken to Him as a minister, on the words, All things were made by Him. (19:05)
Chapter 6: That the Son is by Nature Life, and therefore not originate, but of the Essence of God the Father, on the words, That which was made, in it was Life. (14:36)
Chapter 7: That the Son is by Nature Light, and therefore not originate, but of the Essence of God the Father as Very Light' from Very Light, on the words, And the Life was the Light of men. (35:14)
Chapter 8: That the Son of God alone is Very Light, the creature not at all, being participate of Light, as originate, on the words, He was the Very Light. (26:03)
Chapter 9: That the soul of man does not exist prior to the body, nor is the embodiment a consequence of former sins, as some say, on the words, He was the Very Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world: He was in the world. (41:55)
Chapter 9, part 2 (26:44)
Chapter 9, part 3 (35:12)
Chapter 10: That the Only-begotten is alone by Nature the Son from the Father, as being of Him and in Him, on the words, No man hath seen God at any time. (24:40)