Select Letters of Severus of Antioch (2 vols.)

In these two volumes, you can explore the letters of prominent theologian Severus of Antioch. Severus was enthroned as the Patriarch of Antioch on November 6, AD 512. Soon after, he went to Constantinople to meet with Emperor Justinian I, where Justinian attempted to sway Severus from his anti-Chalcedonian viewpoints. Severus was a chief proponent of the formulas of Dioscorus of Alexandria, and refused to change his mind. Justinian had him deposed and replaced him in Antioch with a Chalcedonian in AD 518. Severus later returned to Constantinople to attempt and heal the schism, but was unsuccessful. He was formally excommunicated in AD 536, returning to Egypt to live as an exile until his death in AD 538. Select Letters of Severus of Antioch contains over one hundred of Severus’ letters, grouped according to subject matter into 11 main sections across the two volumes.