Research library · Reception history · Dependency analysis

Cyril of Alexandria — Commentary on Luke, Sermon 107

A reusable research record with provenance and relationships kept separate from the presentation layer.

INTERPRETIVE_WORKWORK_CYRIL_COMMENTARY_LUKE_SERMON107

Evidence state: bibliographic / attribution metadata

Scope boundary: v54 uses Sermon 107 as a primary history-of-interpretation witness. The surviving English access point is mediated through Payne Smith's 1859 translation from an ancient Syriac version with Greek catena supplementation; it is not treated as a direct Greek transcription.

Release Introduced: v54
Work Date: early 5th century
Work Kind: homiletic biblical commentary
Authority Boundary: This work is an attribution/history entity. Its existence, age, reception, or denominational setting does not establish the correctness of its interpretation.
Evidence Classification: bibliographic / attribution metadata
Status: CURATED_PUBLIC

Relationships

3 linked records

Explore relationship paths

Interpreter Authored WorkCyril of Alexandriabibliographic attribution Work Associated With TraditionGreek patristic / Alexandrian interpretationclassification metadata Work Documents Interpretation HistoryCyril — reject angel/human and Israel/Gentile son-pairings; read from Luke 15:1–2direct primary-source attribution

Sources & provenance

1 source

Tertullian.org — Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Luke, Sermon 107 (Payne Smith 1859 English translation)Underlying 1859 English translation is public domain in the United States; website presentation/transcription is linked rather than mirrored · AI/RAG: PUBLIC_DOMAIN_UNDERLYING_EDITION_METADATA_AND_PARAPHRASE_ONLY

Primary reception-history witness for Cyril's Luke 15 interpretation, with an explicit translation-chain boundary.

Citations

Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Gospel according to Luke, Sermon CVII on Luke 15:11–32, trans. R. Payne Smith (Oxford, 1859), from an ancient Syriac version with Greek catena supplementation.