Theodo'rus RHAITHUENSIS
65. RHAITHUENSIS, lived in the middle of the seventh century in the monastery of Rhaithu, near Elim, in Palestine.
Works
He was the author of a work on the incarnation of Christ, entitled,
Προπαρασκευή τις καὶ γυμνασία τῷ βουλομένῳ μαθεῖν τίς ὁ τρόπος τῆς θείας ἐνανθρωπήσεως καὶ οἰκονομίας,
καθ̓ ὃν πέπρακται καὶ τίνα τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ταύτην μὴ ὀρθῶς νοοῦντας λεγόμενα παρὰ τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας τροφίμων, the object of which was to defend the orthodox view against the heresies of Manes, Paul of Samosata, Apollinarius, Theodorus of Mopsuestia, Nestorius, and Eutyches. Combéfis considers Theodorus of Rhaithu to be the same with the monk Theodorus, to whose inquiries Maximus the Confessor wrote a reply. (
Maximi opp. vol. ii. p. 151).
It is also doubtful whether Theodorus of Rhaithu was identical or not with the
Theodorus Presbyter, whose treatise to prove the genuineness of the writings attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite, is mentioned by Photius (
Cod. 1).
Editions
The treatise of Theodorus on the Incarnation was first published in the Latin translation of Godfr. Tilmann (Paris, 1566).
It was first published in Greek by Theodorus Beza, in 1576. The best edition is that by Carpzov (Helmsstad. 1779-80).
Works erroneously ascribed to Theodorus of Rhaithu
Three of the smaller works of Theodorus Abucara have by some been erroneously attributed to Theodorus of Rhaithu.
Further Information
Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 430; Cave,
Hist. Litt. SS. Eccles. vol. i. p. 587.
