On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius, Book IV

Book IV

• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.1 — That Christ was before the Incarnation God from everlasting. As we have finished three books with the most certain and the most valuable witnesses, whose truth is substantiated not only by human but also by Divine…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.2 — He infers from what he has said that the Virgin Mary gave birth to a Son who had pre-existed and was greater than she herself was. He infers from what he has said that the Virgin Mary gave birth to a Son who had…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.3 — He proves from the Epistle to the Romans the eternal Divinity of Christ. And so as it is clear from the above testimony that God sent His own Son, and that He who was ever the Son of God became the Son of man, let us…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.4 — He brings forward other testimonies to the same view. If you would know how admirably the Apostle preached this, hear how this utterance was put into his mouth; as if from the mouth of God Himself, as the Lord says:…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.5 — How in virtue of the hypostatic union of the two natures in Christ the Word is rightly termed the Saviour, or incarnate man, and the Son of God. And so it is clear that through the mystery of the Word of God joined…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.6 — That there is in Christ but one Hypostasis (i.e., Personal self). But perhaps you think it a trifle to make this clear: not because it fails in clearness, but because the obscurity of unbelief always causes obscurity…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.7 — He returns to the former subject, in order to show against the Nestorians that those things are said of the man, which belong to the Divine nature as it were of a Person of Divine nature, and conversely that those…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.8 — How this interchange of titles does not interfere with His Divine power. For certainly when the evangelist says that He came into the world by whom the world itself was made, and that He was made the Son of man, who…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.9 — He corroborates this statement by the authority of the old prophets. But since up to this point we have made use more particularly of the witness, comparatively new, of evangelists and apostles, now let us bring…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.10 — He proves Christ's Divinity from the blasphemy of Judaizing Jews as well as from the confession of converts to the faith of Christ. He proves Christ’s Divinity from the blasphemy of Judaizing Jews as well as from the…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.11 — He returns to the prophecy of Isaiah. “The labour,” says he, “of Egypt, and the merchandize of Ethiopia, and the Sabæans, men of stature shall come over to thee.” No one can doubt that in these names of different…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.12 — How the title of Saviour is given to Christ in one sense, and to men in another. “Thou,” he says, “art our God, and we knew Thee not, O God of Israel the Saviour.” Although holy Scripture has already shown by many…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.13 — He explains who are those in whose person the Prophet Isaiah says: “Thou art our God, and we knew Thee not.”. He explains who are those in whose person the Prophet Isaiah says: “Thou art our God, and we knew Thee…vatican.va