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• John A. McGuckin, trans., St. Cyril of Alexandria: On the Unity of Christ (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1995) paperback.
  One of Cyril's best reflections on his own Christological views.

• John A. McGuckin, Saint Cyril of Alexandria: the Christological Controversy: Its History, Theology and Texts, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae XXIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994), hardcover. Republished 2004 in paperback by St Vladimir's Seminary Press.
  A superb and unusually thorough analysis of the clash between Cyril and Nestorius and the eventual resolution at the Council of Ephesus. It also includes a valuable new translation of the key documents.

• Aloys Grillmeier, Christ in the Christian Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon, revised ed., trans. John Bowden (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1975), hardcover.
  Widely regarded as the most comprehensive treatment of patristic christology; rather technical.

• Leo Donald Davis, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1983) paperback.
• Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993) paperback.
• Everett Ferguson, ed., Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Schism in Early Christianity, Studies in Early Christianity: A Collection of Scholarly Essays, vol. 4 (New York: Garland Publishing, 1993) hardcover.
• Jane Patricia Freeman, trans. Leo the Great: Sermons, Fathers of the Church #93 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1996)
• Frend, The Rise of the Monophysite Movement: Chapters in the History of the Church in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), hardcover.
• Frend, Saints and Sinners in the Early Church (Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1985) out of print. This has valuable chapters on Nestorius and Severus of Antioch.
• Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, 5th edition (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978) paperback.
• Peter L’Huillier, The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Councils (St. Vladimir Seminary Press, 1996) paperback.
• John Meyendorff, Christ in Eastern Christian Thought (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1987) paperback.
• Stephen William Need, Human Language and Knowledge in the Light of Chalcedon (New York: Peter Lang, 1996) hardcover.
• Richard A. Norris, ed., The Christological Controversy, Sources of Early Christian Thought (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980), paperback. A valuable collection of the major sources.
• Prestige, Fathers and Heretics: Six Studies in Dogmatic Faith (London: SPCK, 1940), out of print. A classic.
• Basil Studer, Trinity and Incarnation: the Fathers of the Early Church (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1994), paperback.
• Lionel R. Wickham, ed., Cyril of Alexandria: Selected Letters (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983). Excellent translations with Greek text.

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