Theodore of Mopsuestia (4th cent.)

Major works

•          On the Incarnation

•          What is the Difference between Theory and Allegory

Importance

•          Greatest interpreter of the Antiochene school

•          Argued for interpretation of Scripture that stresses a single consistent historical or literal meaning

•          Argued that the Logos assumed a specific human being and not just ‘human nature’ in general

•          Denied the canonicity of several Bible books