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Hace 2 días · To combat Eutyches’ error, Pope Leo wrote a letter to Flavian I, the archbishop of Constantinople, which clarified the hypostatic union of Christ’s distinct human nature and distinct divine nature.
Hace 2 días · Another theological dispute in the 5th century occurred over the teachings of Nestorius, the patriarch of Constantinople who taught that God the Word was not hypostatically joined with human nature, but rather dwelt in the man Jesus.
Hace 4 días · Saint Cyril of Alexandria played a pivotal role in affirming the doctrine that Mary is Theotokos (Mother of God). He opposed Nestorius, who argued that Mary was only Christotokos (Mother of Christ) and denied the unity of Jesus' divine and human natures. Cyril's efforts culminated in the Council of
Nestorius was appointed as archbishop of Constantinople in 428 and became involved in a Christology dispute between two groups. One group called the Virgin Mary Theotokos ("birth-giver of God"), based on God being born a man in Christ, and the other rejected the title, based on God being eternal and thus could not be born.
Hace 5 días · In the year 428, the Emperor Theodorius II appointed Nestorius as the Patriarch of Constantinople. Here, it might be important to recall that Constantinople was the only Patriarchate that was not established by an Apostle (unlike Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome).
Hace 5 días · Thus Nestorius, a heretic of the Church of Constantinople, was first condemned by the Church of Rome under St. Celestine; the Monothelite heretics were first condemned by a local Synod, again, of the Church of Rome; and the Papist heretics were first condemned by a local Synod of the Church of Constantinople.
Hace 1 día · The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of a new era. Yet, the story of Constantinople's fall is also a tale of courage and defiance. The defenders, vastly outnumbered and outgunned, fought with a tenacity that would be remembered for generations to come.
