Nestorianism

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/nestorianism

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1. What is the core doctrine?Dyophysitism: assertion of two distinct natures (divine and human) in Christ
2. What is the primary condemnation?First Council of Ephesus (AD 431)
3. Why did people call Nestorius's ideas heretical?Because he said Mary should be called "Christotokos" instead of "Theotokos," and many church leaders thought this made Jesus less divine.
4. How did the church councils react to Nestorius?The First Council of Ephesus in 431 condemned his teachings, and the Council of Chalcedon in 451 made a different statement about Jesus' two natures.

Christology: The branch of Christian theology dealing with the nature and person of Jesus Christ.
Hypostatic Union: The doctrine that in Jesus Christ, one divine person subsists in two natures, divine and human.
Prosopic Union: A term associated with Nestorius, emphasizing the union of two natures in one person (prosopon).
Theological Anathema: A formal curse or condemnation of a doctrine or person by a religious authority.