The Kenosis of Christ in the Context of Saint Cyril of Alexandria's Theology
The Kenosis of Christ in the Context of Saint Cyril of Alexandria's Theology

Summary/Abstract: For Nestorius, the problem of kenosis is inexistent from the start, but when he discusses about it, he makes it in a false manner. About what kind of kenosis could we talk when, in his opinion, the Son is not incarnate but approves the suffering and the humiliations of a simple man? But neither this man can live the kenosis, because the humanity is humble by its very definition. He does not descend to another level, but lives the normality of the human nature.83 If we think at Apollinaris‟s teaching, neither here we can find an authentic kenosis. The Logos does not really become a man, but He is rather dressed with the body- a human phantasm, because it does not have intellect (nous). The Logos does not really suffer, but rather suffers the instrument that He assumes – the human body. The communication idiomatum cannot take place, and hardly could be applied the human suffering and death to theLogos.Without the real kenosis and the preservation of the divine glory, it is difficult to discuss about salvation. Only the two of them assure simultaneously the divine Son‟s descent to the people and their ascension to the communion with the Father. This is the lesson of the kenosis that teaches the great Alexandrian father.

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