Eutychianism
A heresy that dissolved Christ's humanity into his divinity, condemned at Chalcedon
Named for Eutyches, this teaching held that Christ's human nature was absorbed into his divinity, leaving only a single nature. The Council of Chalcedon in 451 condemned it, affirming that Christ is one person in two natures, fully God and fully human. It should not be confused with the miaphysitism of the Oriental Orthodox churches, which is a distinct position; the Oriental Orthodox themselves reject Eutyches' error.
How it traveled
- Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)Alexandria · 373challenges
- Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious MenBethlehem · 420challenges
- The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of ChalcedonChalcedon · 451challenges
- The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of TheodoretCyrrhus · 458explains
- The Letters and Sermons of Leo the GreatRome · 461explains
- The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of ConstantinopleConstantinople (Istanbul) · 553challenges
- The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the GreatRome · 604applies
- Selected Epistles of Gregory the GreatRome · 604applies
- The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext CouncilConstantinople (Istanbul) · 692applies
- The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of NiceNicaea · 787challenges
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274challenges
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564challenges
Key passages(20)
The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon · The Ecumenical Councils
Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men · Jerome
Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men · Jerome
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great