John Cassian · On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius · Book I
Passages · 6
Book I
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.1 — The heresy compared to the hydra of the poets. The tales of poets tell us that of old the hydra when its heads were cut off gained by its injuries, and sprang up more abundantly: so that owing to a miracle of a…vatican.va
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.2 — Description of the different heretical monsters which spring from one another. For these shoots of an unnatural seed are no new thing in the churches. The harvest of the Lord’s field has always had to put up with…vatican.va
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.3 — He describes the pestilent error of the Pelagian. At any rate we think that this fact ought not to be omitted, which was special and peculiar to that heresy mentioned above which sprang from the error of Pelagius;…vatican.va
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.4 — Leporius together with some others recants his Pelagianism. But still as those who were the outcome of this stock of pestilent thorns have already by the Divine help and goodness been healed, we should also now pray…vatican.va
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.5 — By the case of Leporius he establishes the fact that an open sin ought to be expiated by an open confession; and also teaches from his words what is the right view to be held on the Incarnation. And from his…vatican.va
- On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius I.6 — The united doctrine of the Catholics is to be received as the orthodox faith. This confession of his therefore, which was the faith of all Catholics was approved of by all the Bishops of Africa, whence he wrote, and…vatican.va