Theodore of Mopsuestia

A presbyter of Antioch, friend and fellow pupil of John Chrysostom under Diodore of Tarsus, and bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia from 392 until his death in 428. He wrote commentaries on most of the Bible in the literal, historical manner of the Antiochene school. Most of his Greek works were lost after his condemnation in 553; his commentaries on Paul's shorter letters survive in a Latin translation.

Dates

ca. 350–428 (approximate)

See or city

Mopsuestia

Region

Cilicia

Also known as

Theodore of Antioch; Theodorus Mopsuestenus

Notes

Revered in the Church of the East as 'the Interpreter'; condemned (with his writings) at the Council of Constantinople in 553.

Works

• Commentary on 1 TimothyCommentarius in epistolam I ad Timotheum · 392–428
• Commentary on TitusCommentarius in epistolam ad Titum · 392–428