Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I, credited to Cyril of Alexandria, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I by Cyril of Alexandria. (Translated by Rev. Philip Edward Pusey & Rev. Thomas Randell.) Read in English by Jonathan Lange & A LibriVox Volunteer Cyril was a scholarly archbishop and a prolific writer. In the early years of his active life in the Church he wrote several exegetical documents. Among these were: Commentaries on the Old Testament, Thesaurus, Discourse Against Arians, Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and Dialogues on the Trinity. In 429 as the Christological controversies increased, the output of his writings was so extensive that his opponents could not match it. His writings and his theology have remained central to the tradition of the Fathers and to all Orthodox to this day. (from Wikipedia) Book I of Commentary on St John's Gospel covers John 1:1-28.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I
• Author credits: Cyril of Alexandria
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 5:32:54

Catalogue topics

• Lutheran
• christian
• oxford
• patristics
• alexandrian

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 12:07
2. 01 - Chapter 1: That Everlasting and before the ages is the Only-Begotten... — 12:15
3. 02 - Chapter 2: That the Son being Consubstantial with the Father is also God... — 13:14
4. 03 - Chapter 3: That the Son is also God by Nature... — 28:23
5. 04 - Chapter 4: Against those who dare to say... — 43:26
6. 05 - Chapter 5: That the Son is by Nature Creator with the Father... — 19:05
7. 06 - Chapter 6: That the Son is by Nature Life... — 14:36
8. 07 - Chapter 7: That the Son is by Nature Light... — 35:14
9. 08 - Chapter 8: That the Son of God alone is Very Light... — 26:03
10. 09 - Chapter 9: That the soul of man does not exist prior to the body... — 41:55
11. 10 - Chapter 9, part 2 — 26:44
12. 11 - Chapter 9, part 3 — 35:12
13. 12 - Chapter 10: That the Only-begotten is alone by Nature the Son... — 24:40

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