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Nestorianism

One Christ or two persons side by side — a fifth-century dispute still carefully parsed

Nestorianism, as condemned, names the teaching that Christ is two distinct persons, one divine and one human, rather than one. Associated with Nestorius, it was condemned at Ephesus in 431 and rejected by Chalcedonian and Oriental churches. Traditions differ on the label itself. The Church of the East rejects the name and holds a two-hypostases Christology it considers orthodox, and present-day Assyrian Christians should not be called "Nestorians."

How it traveled

  1. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  2. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    challenges
  3. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
    applies
  4. The Third Ecumenical Council: The Council of Ephesus
    Ephesus · 431
    applies
  5. The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius
    Marseille · 435
    challenges
  6. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    explains
  7. The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies
    Lérins · 445
    explains
  8. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    applies
  9. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    challenges
  10. The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 553
    challenges
  11. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    challenges
  12. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    challenges
  13. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
    challenges
  14. The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice
    Nicaea · 787
    challenges
  15. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    challenges

Key passages(20)

Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great · Gregory the Great

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The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus

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The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils

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The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius · John Cassian

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The Third Ecumenical Council: The Council of Ephesus · The Ecumenical Councils

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The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius · John Cassian

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The Seven Books of John Cassian on the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius · John Cassian

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The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils

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The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils

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