For the Church of the East's defence of the claim that it is not 'Nestorian'
see:
http://www.cired.org/east/nest.html
Jacob Knee
(Boston, England)
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> Those in Persia refered to themselves
> > as 'The
> > >Church of the East', became known as 'Assyrians', 'Chaldeans and
> > >'Nestorians' - of course. However, the term Nestorianism is some
> > what
> > >misleading as the Nestorians attributed not particular importance to
> > him,
> > >but rather to Theodor of Mopsuestia>
>
> Some years ago, I had the honour of an audience with the Mar Dinkha,
> the spiritual head of the 'Church of the East'. His communion had
> recently moved the titular site of its patriarchate from Antioch to
> Damascus; in practice, he resided in San Francisco. He too claimed
> that the term 'Nestorian' was misleading. However, I found that his
> Christological beliefs, when my companions and I pressed him, were
> indistinguishable from those attributed to Nestorius. He illustrated
> his argument in a way made his point very clearly, but which is
> difficult to reproduce on e-mail. He held up the index fingers of his
> two hands, side by side and touching. This, he said, was how 'the
> western Church' (i.e. west of Baghdad) thought of Christ. Then he held
> up the same fingers, a couple of inches apart. This, he said, was how
> the 'Church of the East' thought of Christ. There was a very clear
> division and separation between the two natures; quite contrary to the
> definition of Chalcedon.
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> The Supple Doctor
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