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CHAPTER III: Divine and Human Natures in the Incarnate Son of God

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Incarnate Son of God with that of Humanity
138-163

Introduction: Views regarding the humanity of Christ up to the middle
of the Fourth Century
138

Close connection between the Trinitarian and Christological problems from that time 143 Tertullian's doctrine, the root of the orthodox doctrines 144 The humanity of Christ according to the Arians mere sarx 146

The Christology of Athanasius and Marcellus; origin of the formulæ, mia
phusis, duo phiseis
147

The doctrine of Apollinaris of Laodicea as the first rigidly developed
Christology
149

The condemnation of this doctrine; the perfect likeness of the humanity of Christ with human nature is elevated to the rank of dogma 158

The doctrine of the Cappadocians regarding the humanity and the unity of the God-Man 160 The difficulty of the Problem which now emerged 163

Divine and Human Natures in the Incarnate Son of God
164-267
Introduction 164
(1) The Nestorian Controversy 165-190
The Christology of the Antiochians 165
The Christology of Cyril 174
Outbreak of the Controversy, Nestorius 180

The attitude of the Roman Bishop Coelestin, his repudiation of the
Western view
182
The Anathemas 186
The Council of Ephesus 186
The Formula of union of the year 433 189
Cyril gains the upper hand 190
(2) The Eutychian Controversy 190-226

Survey of the position of the Alexandrian Patriarchs in the Church; Rome, Alexandria and the Byzantine State 190 Significance of the political conditions for the Eutychian Controversy 195 The Church after the union of the year 433 197 Eutyches and the charge against him; Flavian and the Council of 448 199 The appeal to Leo I 201 Dioscurus, the Master of the Eastern Church 201 Leo's Letters, the Ep. ad Flavianum 202 The Council of Ephesus of 499; triumph of Dioscurus 207 The period until the death of Theodosius II 210 Entire change in the situation; Pulcheria and Marcian 212 Leo I.; he seeks to prevent the calling of a Council 213 The Council of Chalcedon 215 The dogmatic formula 219 Significance and estimate of the formula 222 The twenty-eighth Canon of Chalcedon 225 (3) The Monophysite Controversies and the Fifth Council 226-252

The Chalcedonian Creed occasions serious conflicts in the East; imperial attempts to set it aside 226 The Henoticon and the Great Schism of the years 484-519 228 The Theopaschitian Controversy 230

The new scholastic orthodoxy reconciles itself to the Chalcedonian
Creed; Leontius of Byzantium
232

Internal movements and divisions amongst the Monophysites: Severians, Julianists, etc. 235 Justinian's ecclesiastical policy 241-252 Justinian and the new orthodoxy 241 Conference with the Severians 242 Failure of a Monophysite re-action, the assistance of Rome 243

The condemnation of Origen and of the Antiochene theology, the Three Chapter's Controversy 245 Vigilius of Rome 248 The Fifth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople 249

Solemn recognition of the Chalcedonian Creed, but as interpreted by Cyril; Eastern victory over the West; reactions in the West; Justinian's latest views; Justin II 251 (4)

The Monergist and Monothelite Controversies; the Sixth Council and John
of Damascus
252-267
Introduction 252
Political conditions, the Monergist Controversy 254
The Ecthesis 256
The Typus 257

The Monothelite Controversy: Rome, the Byzantine Church and the State 257 The Sixth Ecumenical Council, sanction given to dyothelitism 261 The Scholasticism of John of Damascus 264 C.--The enjoyment of Redemption in the Present.

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