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School of Antioch
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School of Antioch, Christian theological institution in Syria, traditionally founded in about ce 200, that stressed the literal interpretation of the Bible and the completeness of Christ’s humanity, in opposition to the School of Alexandria, which emphasized the allegorical interpretation of the Bible and stressed Christ’s divinity. Flourishing in the 4th–6th century, the School of Antioch produced several significant theologians, including Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, St. John Chrysostom, and Theodoret of Cyrrhus.