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To: Iscool

***Nestorius believed that those two natures were separable and therefore Mary was not the mother of the divine nature...***

This is why the Church declared that Nestorius was wrong and therefore a heretic.


210 posted on 02/04/2015 7:55:26 AM PST by nanetteclaret (Unreconstructed "Elderly Kooky Type" Catholic Texan)
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To: nanetteclaret; Iscool

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>> “This is why the Church declared that Nestorius was wrong and therefore a heretic.” <<

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Scripture shows Nestorius to be correct, and the man made catholic ‘church’ to be frightfully lost.

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212 posted on 02/04/2015 8:03:31 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: nanetteclaret; Iscool
Chalcedon:
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 with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of 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; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; 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, 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.

Available here: http://veritasbc.org/beliefs/creeds/
It is fully orthodox to distinguish the two natures in Christ, both as to the attributes they ascribe to Christ, and their distinct points of origin, the divine nature in the Father, and the human nature in Mary.  Your reliance on the smear against Nestorius does not work.  You must allow the above statement as orthodox, and if you do, you have no logical basis for objecting to our distinguishing between the divine and human origins for the divine and human natures of Christ.

Peace,

SR

218 posted on 02/04/2015 8:53:51 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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