About the Alexandrian Theological School

  • Influenced by Philo who attributed the Scriptures with historical, ethical, and spiritual meaning

School of Alexandria

  • Athenagoras of Athens — see Apologists
    • first head of the Alexandrian catechetical school
  • Pantaenus the Sicilian
  • Clement of Alexandria, 150–214 — see Ante-Nicene Fathers
    • studied under Pantaenus
  • Origen, c. 184–255 — see under Ante-Nicene Fathers
  • Heraclas​
  • Dionysius, c. 190–265, bishop of Alexandria (247–265)
    • major work: on the Promises
    • commentaries on Ecclesiastes and Luke
  • Eusebius of Caesarea, c. 260–c. 339
    • historian
    • trained in allegorical method by Pamphilus, Origen's student
    • wrote commentaries on Isaiah, Psalms, and Luke
  • Athanasius, c. 295–373 — see Nicene Fathers
  • Didymus the Blind, c. 313–c.398
    • disciple of Origen
    • wrote many commentaries
    • focused on two senses of Scripture, literal and spiritual
  • Cyril of Alexandria, Saint, 380–444
    • opponent of Nestorians
    • wrote Contra Diodorum et Theodorum, accusing Theodore of Nestorianism
    • wrote Adoration and Worship in Spirit and Truth and Glaphyra
    • also wrote commentaries on Isaiah, the Minor Prophets, and the Gospel of John

Selected Works