Théodoret de Cyr
Théodoret (386 - 458), bishop of Cyr, in the province euphratésienne, born with Antioche, according to the ones in 386, according to others in 393, and died in 458, was one of most erudite and the most famous fathers of the Church.
Biography
August 1st
Work
Théodoret de Cyr wrote:- ecclesiastical History , a continuation of that of Eusèbe de Césarée,
- Comments on the Scriptures ,
- History of the heresies ,
- Lives of thirty recluses ,
- Therapeutic in twelve speeches intended according to its " author; with guérir" (from where the title) prejudices of pagan against Christianity.
- Ten sermons or speech of Providence,
- Of the dialogs against the eutychiens,
- Of the Letters, etc
Sources
- theological Encyclopedia , Nicolas Bergier (1718-1790), publ. by Mr. the Migne abbot, Workshops catholic with Small-Montrouge, volume IV, Paris 1850-1851, p. 726-727.