The Threatened Series - 20
THE DEFINITION OF CHALCEDON, 451:
"Therefore, following the holy Fathers, we all with one accord teach
men to acknowledge
one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood,
truly God and truly man,
consisting also of a reasonable soul and body;
of one substance [homoousios] with the Father as regards his Godhead,
and at the same time one one substance with us as regards his manhood;
like us in all respects, apart from sin;
as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages,
but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our
salvation,
of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer [Theotokos];
one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten,
recognized IN TWO NATURES, [en dyo physesin]
WITHOUT CONFUSION, [asynchytos]
WITHOUT CHANGE, [atreptos]
WITHOUT DIVISION, [adiairetos]
WITHOUT SEPARATION; [achoristos]
the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union,
but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and
coming together
to form one person and subsistence, [hypostasis]
not as parted or separated into two persons,
but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus
Christ;
even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord
Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the Fathers has handed
down to us."
And that, you might have thought, ended all discussion, dissension and
debate.
But did it? Log on for the next nail-biting episode.
The Supple Doctor.
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