An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book III

Book III

• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1 — Concerning the Divine Œconomy and God's care over us, and concerning our salvation. Chapter I.—Concerning the Divine Œconomy and God’s care over us, and concerning our salvation. Man, then, was thus snared by the…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.2 — Concerning the manner in which the Word was conceived, and concerning His divine incarnation. Chapter II. —Concerning the manner in which the Word was conceived, and concerning His divine incarnation. The angel of…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.3 — Concerning Christ's two natures, in opposition to those who hold that He has only one. Chapter III.—Concerning Christ’s two natures, in opposition to those who hold that He has only one. For the two natures were…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.4 — Concerning the manner of the Mutual Communication. Now we have often said already that essence is one thing and subsistence another, and that essence signifies the common and general form of subsistences of the same…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.5 — Concerning the number of the Natures. In the case, therefore, of the Godhead we confess that there is but one nature, but hold that there are three subsistences actually existing, and hold that all things that are of…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.6 — That in one of its subsistences the divine nature is united in its entirety to the human nature, in its entirety and not only part to part. Chapter VI.—That in one of its subsistences the divine nature is united in…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.7 — Concerning the one compound subsistence of God the Word. We hold then that the divine subsistence of God the Word existed before all else and is without time and eternal, simple and uncompound, uncreated,…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.8 — In reply to those who ask whether the natures of the Lord are brought under a continuous or a discontinuous quantity. Chapter VIII.—In reply to those who ask whether the natures of the Lord are brought under a…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.9 — In reply to the question whether there is Nature that has no Subsistence. For although there is no nature without subsistence, nor essence apart from person (since in truth it is in persons and subsistences that…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.10 — Concerning the Trisagium (“the Thrice Holy”). This being so, we declare that the addition which the vain-minded Peter the Fuller made to the Trisagium or “Thrice Holy” Hymn is blasphemous; for it introduces a fourth…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.11 — Chapter XI.—Concerning the Nature as viewed in Species and in Individual, and concerning the difference between Union and Incarnation: and how this is to be understood, “The one Nature of God the Word Incarnate.”…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.12 — That the holy Virgin is the Mother of God: an argument directed against the Nestorians. Chapter XII.—That the holy Virgin is the Mother of God: an argument directed against the Nestorians. Moreover we proclaim the…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.13 — Concerning the properties of the two Natures. Confessing, then, the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, to be perfect God and perfect man, we hold that the same has all the attributes of the Father save that of being…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14 — Concerning the volitions and free-will of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since, then, Christ has two natures, we hold that He has also two natural wills and two natural energies. But since His two natures have one…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.15 — Concerning the energies in our Lord Jesus Christ. We hold, further, that there are two energies in our Lord Jesus Christ. For He possesses on the one hand, as God and being of like essence with the Father, the divine…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.16 — In reply to those who say “If man has two natures and two energies, Christ must be held to have three natures and as many energies.”. Chapter XVI.—In reply to those who say “If man has two natures and two energies,…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.17 — Concerning the deification of the nature of our Lord's flesh and of His will. Chapter XVII.—Concerning the deification of the nature of our Lord’s flesh and of His will. It is worthy of note that the flesh of the…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.18 — Further concerning volitions and free-wills: minds, too, and knowledges and wisdoms. Chapter XVIII.—Further concerning volitions and free-wills: minds, too, and knowledges and wisdoms. When we say that Christ is…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.19 — Concerning the theandric energy. When the blessed Dionysius says that Christ exhibited to us some sort of novel theandric energy, he does not do away with the natural energies by saying that one energy resulted from…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.20 — Concerning the natural and innocent passions. We confess, then, that He assumed all the natural and innocent passions of man. For He assumed the whole man and all man’s attributes save sin. For that is not natural,…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.21 — Concerning ignorance and servitude. He assumed, it is to be noted, the ignorant and servile nature. For it is man’s nature to be the servant of God, his Creator, and he does not possess knowledge of the future. If,…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.22 — Concerning His growth. He is, moreover, said to grow in wisdom and age and grace, increasing in age indeed and through the increase in age manifesting the wisdom that is in Him; yea, further, making men’s progress in…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.23 — Concerning His Fear. The word fear has a double meaning. For fear is natural when the soul is unwilling to be separated from the body, on account of the natural sympathy and close relationship planted in it in the…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.24 — Concerning our Lord's Praying. Prayer is an uprising of the mind to God or a petitioning of God for what is fitting. How then did it happen that our Lord offered up prayer in the case of Lazarus, and at the hour of…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.25 — Concerning the Appropriation. It is to be observed that there are two appropriations: one that is natural and essential, and one that is personal and relative. The natural and essential one is that by which our Lord…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.26 — Concerning the Passion of our Lord's body, and the Impassibility of His divinity. Chapter XXVI.—Concerning the Passion of our Lord’s body, and the Impassibility of His divinity. The Word of God then itself endured…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.27 — Chapter XXVII.—Concerning the fact that the divinity of the Word remained inseparable from the soul and the body, even at our Lord’s death, and that His subsistence continued one. Since our Lord Jesus Christ was…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.28 — Concerning Corruption and Destruction. The word corruption has two meanings. For it signifies all the human sufferings, such as hunger, thirst, weariness, the piercing with nails, death, that is, the separation of…vatican.va
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29 — Concerning the Descent to Hades. The soul when it was deified descended into Hades, in order that, just as the Sun of Righteousness rose for those upon the earth, so likewise He might bring light to those who sit…vatican.va