Transfig. Novgorod Pieta, Michelangelo |
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DIVINITY |
HUMANITY |
APOLLINARIS (d.c.390) |
PAUL
of
SAMOSTATA |
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ALEXANDRIA |
CONSTANTINOPLE |
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EPHESUS |
431 [3rdEC] |
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CYRIL,
Patr.Alex. |
NESTORIUS,
Patr.Const. |
Emphasizes UNITY
IN CHRIST
two
different
natures (phuseis) come together to
form a [hypostatic]
unity [kat’ hypostasin], and from both arose one Christ, one Son ...” |
Emphasizes DISTINCTION
Fathers never said that the
consubstantial godhead
(homoousion theotēta) was capable of suffering. |
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LOCAL SYNOD |
CONSTANTINOPLE 448 |
DIOSCORUS,
Patr.[Alex] |
FLAVIAN,
Patr.[Const.] |
[after the union] the incarnate Christ had only one [divine] nature (physis), and Christ's humanity is not consubstantial with ours. |
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ROBBER SYNOD |
of EPHESUS 449 |
DIOSCORUS,
Patr. |
FLAVIAN,
Patr. |
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CHALCEDON |
451 [4thEC] |
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DIOSCORUS,
Patr. |
TOME of
LEO |
&
EUTYCHES (abbot, Const,) |
CHRIST has TWO NATURES (physeis/naturae) in ONE PERSON (hypostasis/persona) without confusion, without change, without division, without separation |
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CONSTANTINOPLE 2 |
533 [5thEC] [Emp. Justinian I] |
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CHRIST is CONSUBSTANTIAL with the FATHER [homoousios tó patri] in DIVINITY, & CONSUBSTANTIAL with US [homoousios hémin] in HUMANITY |
THEODORE of
MOPSUESTIA |
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CONSTANTINOPLE 3 |
680 [6thEC] [Emp. Constantine IV] |
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CONDEMNATION of: SERGIUS: (Patr. Const) one operation (energeia) in Christ/ monenergism POPE HONORIUS: one will (thelema) in Christ (monotheletism) and CYRUS (Patr. Alex) |
CHRIST has
TWO
WILLS TWO OPERATIONS (energeiai) |
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