Cyril of Scythopolis

John of Scythopolis (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Σκυθοπολίτης; c. 536–550), also known as "the Scholasticus", bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine (modern Beit She'an), was a Byzantine theologian and lawyer adhering to neo-Chalcedonian theology. He wrote several works (now lost) against the Monophysite heresy: the most important one was a treatise written c. 530, defending the theory of "dioenergism", against his contemporary Severus of Antioch. Another work attacked the heretic Eutyches, one of the founder…