Shortly before his death (ca. 460), as his health was failing, Theodoret decided to undertake a monumental project of exegesis. In the more than two decades of his episcopacy, he had commented on both
In 423 Theodoret was named bishop of Cyrus, a city northeast of Antioch, and though he was responsible for some 800 parishes, found ample time to write commentaries on books of the Old and New Testame
Shortly before his death (ca. 460), as his health was failing, Theodoret decided to undertake a monumental project of exegesis. In the more than two decades of his episcopacy, he had commented on both
