Cyril of Alexandria and the Nestorian controversy : the making of a saint and of a heretic

Introduction I. THE TAPESTRY OF CYRIL'S EPISCOPACY FROM EGYPT TO THE IMPERIAL CITY 1. Confrontation in the Early Episcopacy 2. Political Alliance and the Onset of Controversy 3. The Reception of Nicaea 4. The Meeting of the Council II. THE RHETORIC OF THE NESTORIAN DEBATES 5. Rhetorical Style and Method in the Conciliar Homilies of Cyril 6. The Rhetorical and Interpretive Method of Nestorius 7. From a Tentative Resolution to the Renewal of Controversy (431 to 451 AD) Epilogue