Cyril of Alexandria (d.444) was one of the architects of Christian orthodoxy. Daniel A. Keating presents a comprehensive account of Cyril's narrative of salvation. He offers a corrective to certain readings of Cyril and argues that Cyril presents a balanced picture of our union with Christ. The final chapter compares Cyril with Theodore of Mopsuestia, Augustine, and Leo the Great, in order to examine in brief the relationship between Eastern and Western accounts of salvation.

Daniel A. Keating is Assistant Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit

• Introduction


• 1: The divine plan of salvation in Cyril


• 2: The gift of divine life


• 3: The reception of divine life


• 4: Partakers of the divine nature


• 5: Cyril's narrative of divine life


• 6: Cyril in comparison