School of Antiochwriter
Who he was
- Gennadius was the 21st patriarch of Constantinople between Anatolius and Acacius.
- His namesake Gennadius of Marseilles informs us that he “was able to expound the prophet Daniel entire commenting on every word. He composed also many homilies.’
- His Commentaries on the Scriptures show clearly that he followed the School of Antioch.
- He wrote a treatise ca. 431 against the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria of exceptional sharpness and bitterness.
- St. John Damascene cited him in his Sacra Parallela as a follower of Nestorius.
What he wrote
1. Commentaries on the Scriptures
- Commentary on Daniel, on Genesis, Exodus, the Psalter, and all of the Epistles of St. Paul. 2. Dogmatic Writings
- Among them a treatise against the Twelve Anathemas of Cyril; Ad Parthenium as a follower of Nestorius; Ad Flavianum against the heresy of Eutyches; and Epistola encyclica against Simony.