Theodore of Mopsuestia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hauna T. Ondrey
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Bear Witness

Chapter 4, “Theodore of Mopsuestia: The Twelve as Christian Scripture,” considers the meaning Theodore draws from the texts of the Twelve Prophets as Christian scripture. Whereas scholars have largely denied any Christian value to Theodore’s Old Testament interpretation, this chapter demonstrates that Theodore offers a self-consciously Christian reading of the Twelve. In Theodore’s reading, the texts bear witness to the continuity of God’s providential guidance of history that has Christ as its telos. Additionally, Theodore finds the prophetic and typological correspondences between the Two Ages established by God in order to highlight the superiority of the benefits secured by Christ and thus increase the faith of those who live after the inauguration of the Second Age, awaiting its consummation at the general resurrection. Finally, Theodore affirms the ongoing catechetical value of the prophets’ foundational teaching of monotheism and the absolute distinction between Creator and creation.

Transisi Kepemimpinan Dalam Alkitab

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-38
Author(s):  
Jonathan Octavianus
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Transition Time ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The Absolute

As every epoch there are there a transition time, on Old Testament like Moses with Joshua, Joshua selected by God an supported fully by Moses, Conversely Moses have liberally to be changed. Like Elijah to Elisha too.Pattern on New Testament there are an examples of transition time too, like Jesus Christ to His Disciples, an transition from Paul to his successor Timothy. This is a heart and soul a big leader, and shall all leadership owners shepherd in church, Christian institution, etc.Which most be remembered in transition of leadership, that people of God leadership, about who will lead, who continue leadership, like a principle in biblical, hence a role of God, is determinant an anoint man which be selected the absolute God choice and constitute all other, but a succession router leader is which have been selected His own. An can be anointed in front of believers.

The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hauna T. Ondrey
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Cyril Of Alexandria ◽  
Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽  
Positive Account ◽  
Mosaic Law ◽  
Recent Tendency ◽  
The Church ◽  
Minor Prophets

This work compares the Minor Prophets commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria, isolating the role each interpreter assigns the Twelve Prophets in their ministry to Old Testament Israel and the texts of the Twelve as Christian scripture. It argues that Theodore does acknowledge christological prophecies, as distinct from both retrospective accommodation and typology. A careful reading of Cyril’s Commentary on the Twelve limits the prospective christological revelation he ascribes to the prophets and reveals the positive role he grants the Mosaic law prior to Christ’s advent. Exploring secondly the Christian significance Theodore and Cyril assign to Israel’s exile and restoration reveals that Theodore’s reading of the Twelve Prophets, while not attempting to be christocentric, is nevertheless self-consciously Christian. Cyril, unsurprisingly, offers a robust Christian reading of the Twelve, yet this too must be expanded by his focus on the church and concern to equip the church through the ethical paideusis provided by the plain sense of the prophetic text. Revised descriptions of each interpreter lead to the claim that a recent tendency to distinguish the Old Testament interpretation of Theodore (negatively) and Cyril (positively) on the basis of their “christocentrism” obscures more than it clarifies and polarizes no less than earlier accounts of Antiochene/Alexandrian exegesis. The Conclusion argues against replacing old dichotomies with new and advocates rather for an approach that takes seriously Theodore’s positive account of the unity and telos of the divine economy and the full range of Cyril’s interpretation.

Messianic Meaning in Psalms 2, 8, 44: the View of Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia

2020 ◽  
pp. 98-113
Author(s):  
Борис Тимофеев
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽  
Exegetical Tradition

Цель статьи - реконструкция экзегетических принципов толкования диодором Тарсийским и Феодором Мопсуэстийским мессианских текстов в псалтири. Эти толкователи известны критическим подходом к прямой мессианской интерпретации пророческого провозвестия ветхого завета. Так, с их точки зрения, из всей псалтири только четыре псалма говорят непосредственно о христе и его времени. Это псалмы 2, 8, 44 и 109. поскольку толкования диодора и Феодора на 109й псалом в настоящее время недоступны, автор ограничился сравнительным анализом их комментариев на псалмы 2, 8 и 44. результаты сравнения помогают прояснить детали герменевтических принципов диодора и Феодора и определить их место в древней христианской экзегетической традиции. This article is an attempt to reconstruct the exegetical principles of the interpretation of messianic texts in the Psalms of Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia. These interpreters are known for their critical approach to the direct messianic interpretation of the Old Testament prophetic proclamation. So, for example, from their point of view, of the entire Psalm, only four psalms speak directly about Christ and his time. These are 2, 8, 44, and 109 Psalms. Since the interpretation of Diodorus and Theodore on Psalm 109 is currently unavailable, we restrict ourselves to analyzing their comments on Psalms 2, 8, and 44. The results of the comparative analysis can help to clarify the details of the hermeneutic principles of Diodorus and Theodore and help determine their place in the ancient Christian exegetical tradition.

THE SEMITIC SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN PATRISTICS

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Daria Morozova
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽  
Direct Dependence ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Future ◽  
Theological School

The Jewish community of Antioch was not monolithic. Communities of different currents tended to gather separately. Apparently, some of them, having received the news of the coming of the Messiah from the apostles, became the first centers of Christianity in Antioch, providing the basis for the future theological school. Such Semitic features of Antiochian patristics as literalism, historicism, and a kind of mystical materialism provoked criticism from other schools. On the other hand, Aramaic-speaking Christians could rightly call the Hebrew-Aramaic Bible "our Scriptures." As heirs to Old Testament prophets and legislators, Syrian apologists addressed the "Greeks" in a paternal tone. Theophilus of Antioch and Theodore of Mopsuestia even show a direct dependence on the rabbinic tradition of interpretation.

scholarly journals Just War, Royal Conscience and the Crisis of Theological Counsel in the Early Seventeenth Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-521
Author(s):  
Nicole Reinhardt
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Just War ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Theological Discourse ◽  
Theological Authority ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Bear Witness ◽  
Political Decision Making ◽  
Conceptual Difficulties

This article explores how scholastic just war theories and concepts of theological counsel became increasingly problematic in the run-up to the Thirty Years War. It identifies increasing conceptual difficulties due to probabilism, religiously inspired contemporary warfare, and skeptical readings of the Old Testament. Such theoretical problems were exacerbated in the context of the struggle for European hegemony with French pamphleteers starting to ridicule theological discourse in order to denounce Spanish dominance, in particular during the Valtelline crisis. Scholastic just war traditions were so fundamentally discredited that the former royal confessor Caussin was eventually forced to abandon them. Instead he tried to recover theological authority and to safeguard the essence of scholastic just war teachings through a pacified reading of the Old Testament. Though ultimately unsuccessful, his adaptations bear witness to profound changes in the appreciation of the scholastic heritage as well as in the decline of moral theology for political decision-making.

Theodore of Mopsuestia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hauna T. Ondrey
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Theodore Of Mopsuestia ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Future Events ◽  
The One

Chapter 2, “Theodore of Mopsuestia: The Twelve within the First Age,” identifies the primary role Theodore assigns the Twelve Prophets in their ministry to Old Testament Israel as predicting future events in order to demonstrate God’s care, sovereignty, and providential oversight of Israel’s history. He additionally emphasizes the prophets’ revelatory role in educating Israel of the one creator God and his attributes. Consistent with his Commentary on John and catechetical homilies, Theodore is insistent that none of the Trinitarian hypostases was revealed prior to Christ’s Trinitarian command at Matthew 28. However, Theodore does identify some prophecies as having their literal fulfilment in the New Testament, distinct from both types and retrospective accommodation. Yet even as this reinstates christological prophecy within Theodore’s Old Testament exegesis, it exposes his problematic Christology, as he clearly separates the son of David from the Son of God.

scholarly journals Jedyne Imię przynoszące zbawienie

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Artur Malina
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Double Function ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Bear Witness

Many New Testament texts bear witness to the faith of the rst Christians in the saving power of the name “Jesus”. This faith is related to the Old Testament signi cance of giving the names of things and of persons by God: calling with names corresponds closely to God’s role as Creator in relationship to His creative works and to His position as Savior of His people. This double function of naming and calling is pointed out in the Biblical texts on the grammatical and lexical level. The using the name “Jesus” by the New Testament authors and, rst of all, by the Synoptics emphasizes a soteriological meaning of the texts.

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