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• Lucian of Antioch, c. 240–312 (opens new windowabout)
  • founder of Antiochene school
• Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, fl. 325 (opens new windowabout)
  • opposed Arianism
  • protested excessive allegorism
  • held to a Logos-Man Christology
• Diodore, bishop of Tarsus, d. c. 392 (opens new windowabout)
  • taught John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia
  • condemned postmortem as Nestorian
• John Chrysostom, d. –407
  • "golden-mouthed" orator
• Theodore of Mopsuestia, c. 350–428 or 429 (opens new windowabout)
  • as an Antiochene exegete, emphasized the literal meaning and avoided the allegorical
  • teachings condemned as Nestorian in the 2nd Council of Constantinople 125 years after his death
  • at the re-publication of his Catechetical Homilies in 1932 some scholars exonerated him, but not all
  • taught Theodoret and Nestorius
• Theodoret, bishop of Cyrrhus (or Cyr), c. 393 – before 466: see Apologists
  • opposed Cyril's teachings
• Nestorius