This volume deals with the christology of fifth-century pastor and theologian Cyril of Alexandria, particularly as it relates to Apollinarianism and Nestorianism. More specifically, it explores the use of a plethora of images to illustrate his understanding of the mystery of Christ. The book traces the background of his analogies in the philosophers and the Scriptures. Included are sections on Cyril’s understanding and use of the Scriptures, and the intended force of images in his theology. The final part is a re-reading of his christology through the lens of his christological imagery. Historians of Christian theology and dogma will find a unique look into the word pictures Cyril uses and the picture of Christ the reveal.

This book concerns the theology of Scripture of Cyril of Alexandria (c.376-444), whose surviving corpus is the second largest among eastern patristic authors. Matthew R. Crawford examines texts which have received little previous attention as well as situating Cyril in his broader intellectual context.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1979, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 4 through December 11, 1979. In 1979 Brother Lee spoke one hundred twenty-four messages that were published in Life-study of Exodus, Life-study of Galatians, Life-study of Ephesians, and Life-study of Colossians. The Life-study messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. During the first week in January, Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California. In the second week Brother Lee traveled to Tulare and Fresno in Central California and then to Hayward, San Francisco, San Jose, Pleasant Hill, and Berkeley in Northern California. From the middle of January to the middle of April, Brother Lee remained in Anaheim. He then made a short visit to Berkeley, after which he returned to Anaheim and ministered there until the end of the first week in May. On the weekend of May 11 through 13, Brother Lee ministered in Austin and Houston, Texas, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the Memorial Day weekend. On that weekend Brother Lee gave a conference in New York City. After returning to Anaheim, he remained there until the end of September. During that period he made brief visits to Cleveland, Ohio, and Berkeley, California. On the last weekend in September Brother Lee traveled to Seattle, Washington, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the first part of October. From that time until the first week in November, Brother Lee was in the Far East, where he visited Taipei, Taiwan; Quezon City and Manila, Philippines; Hong Kong; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan. Brother Lee returned to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of November. Near the end of the month Brother Lee ministered in Dallas, Texas. He returned to Anaheim and ministered there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into seven sections, as follows: 1. Thirty-six messages given to the serving ones in the Living Stream Ministry office in Anaheim, California, on January 4 through December 11. These messages were consolidated into twenty-five chapters and are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with Serving Ones. 2. Eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 7 through September 16. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship during Various Lord's Day Meetings. 3. Thirty-five messages given in Tulare, Fresno, Hayward, San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley, California; Austin and Houston, Texas; Taipei, Taiwan; Quezon City, Philippines; Hong Kong; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan, on January 9 through November 4. They were previously published as chapters 42 through 75 in a thirty-four-chapter book entitled Life Messages, volume 2, and are included in this volume under the same title. Life Messages, volume 1, is contained in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1978, volume 2. 4. A message given in Pleasant Hill, California, on January 13. This message is included in this volume under the title God, the Word, the Spirit, and Life. 5. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on March 9 through 17. These messages were consolidated into two chapters and are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Messages to the Church in Anaheim. 6. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, and New York City on May 20 through June 1. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Meetings and Fellowships from Personal Notes. 7. Twenty messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 5 through November 12. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Basic Lessons on Life and are included in this volume under the same title.

"From the experiences of the saints throughout the ages, and in the light that we have seen in these recent years before the Lord, we may say that the experience of life can be divided into four stages with a total of nineteen points. According to our experience, the first four stages may be designated as follows: the first stage may be called the salvation stage; the second, the revival stage; the third, the stage of the cross; and the fourth, the stage of spiritual warfare. But according to our relationship with Christ, these four stages should be designated in this way: the first stage, in Christ; the second, abiding in Christ; the third, Christ abiding in us; and the fourth, Christ fully grown in us. The experiences of these four stages are based on our relationship with Christ. Life is God Himself, yet in order that God may be our life, this life must necessarily be in Christ. Therefore, the Scripture says, 'Christ is our life' (Col. 3:4). Since life is Christ, when we experience life, we experience Christ. The experience of life may be expressed, therefore, as our relationship with Christ."

When she died in 2016, Dr Jennifer O’Reilly left behind a body of published and unpublished work in three areas of medieval studies: the iconography of the Gospel Books produced in early medieval Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England; the writings of Bede and his older Irish contemporary, Adomnán of Iona; and the early lives of Thomas Becket. In these three areas she explored the connections between historical texts, artistic images and biblical exegesis. This volume brings together seventeen essays, published between 1984 and 2013, on the interplay of texts and images in medieval art. Most focus on the manuscript art of early medieval Ireland and England. The first section includes four studies of the Codex Amiatinus, produced in Northumbria in the monastic community of Bede. The second section contains seven essays on the iconography and text of the Book of Kells. In the third section there are five studies of Anglo-Saxon Art, examined in the context of the Benedictine Reform. A concluding essay, on the medieval iconography of the two trees in Eden, traces the development of a motif from Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages.(CS1080)