ΠροπαρασκευήHe 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.