Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire

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Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
	A World without Chalcedon?
	Why Dioscorus?
1: Cyril’s Legacy: Between Bankruptcy and Sanctity
	Introduction
	The Aftermath of the Council of Ephesus (431)
	Cyril’s Gifts: ‘Blessings’ and Gold for the Court
	The Recipients at Court and Cyril’s Network in Constantinople
	‘Blessings’ as Incentives for ‘Orthodoxy’
	Cyril’s Legacy: Burden or Blessing?
2: Wind of Change? Dioscorus and the See of St Mark
	The Death of Cyril and the End of a Dynasty
	Dioscorus as Archdeacon in Alexandria
	Wind of Change? Dioscorus’ Election
	Being Patriarch I: Dioscorus and the See and City of Alexandria
	Being Patriarch II: Dioscorus, Shenoute, and the ‘Origenist’ Controversy
	Being Patriarch III: Dioscorus and the Egyptian Episcopate
	Being Patriarch IV: Dioscorus and ‘International’ Ecclesiastical Politics
	Conclusion: Dioscorus and the Wind of Change
3: The Emperor’s Henchman: Dioscorus and the ‘Robber-Council’
	Prelude: The Ecclesiastical Situation after the Reunion of 433
	The Years 445–448: Emperor Theodosius and the Eastern Bishops
	The Eutyches affair
	The Road to the Second Council of Ephesus and Theodosius’ First Sacra
	Theodosius’ Pet Project: The Second Council of Ephesus in 449
	The First Session of the Second Council of Ephesus on 8 August 449
	The Second Session of the Second Council of Ephesus on 22 August 449
	The Reception of the Second Council of Ephesus in 449–450
	The Church between Ephesus and Chalcedon
	Conclusion
4: The Black Swan of Chalcedon and Dioscorus’ Deposition
	The Opening of the Council of Chalcedon, 8 October 451
	The Council of Nicaea in 451
	The First Deposition of Dioscorus in the First Session
	The Interim Period between Dioscorus’ First and Second Depositions
	The Location and Impromptu Nature of Dioscorus’ Second Trial
	The Second Deposition of Dioscorus
	Conclusion
Conclusion: Dioscorus’ Afterlives as Heretic, Saint, and Reformer
	Chalcedonian Take-over and Dioscorus’ Exile and Death in 454
	Dioscorus’ Afterlife as Saint and Heretic
	Dioscorus as Patriarch, Theologian, and Episcopal Reformer
Bibliography
	Sources
	Secondary Literature
Index