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

Book VI

• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.1 — From the miracle of the feeding of the multitude from five barley loaves and two fishes he shows the majesty of Divine Power. From the miracle of the feeding of the multitude from five barley loaves and two fishes he…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.2 — The author adapts the mystery of the number seven (made up of the five loaves and two fishes) to his own work. The author adapts the mystery of the number seven (made up of the five loaves and two fishes) to his own…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.3 — He refutes his opponent by the testimony of the Council of Antioch. Therefore since we have, as I fancy, already in all the former books with the weight of sacred testimonies, given a complete answer to the heretic…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.4 — How the Creed has authority Divine as well as human. You see then that the Creed has the authority of God: for “a short word will the Lord make upon the earth.” But perhaps you want the authority of men: nor is that…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.5 — He proceeds against his opponent with the choicest arguments, and shows that we ought to hold fast to the religion which we have received from our fathers. If you were an assertor of the Arian or Sabellian heresy,…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.6 — Once more he challenges him to the profession of the Creed of Antioch. The Creed then, O you heretic, of which we gave the text above, though it is that of all the churches (for the faith of all is but one) is yet…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.7 — He continues the same line of argument drawn from the Creed of Antioch. But there follows in the Creed: “Very God of Very God; Being of one substance with the Father; by whom both the worlds were framed, and all…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.8 — How it can be said that Christ came and was born of a Virgin. But let us look at the remainder which follows. As then the Creed says: “The Lord Jesus Christ, Very God of Very God, Being of one substance with the…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.9 — Again he convicts his opponent of deadly heresy by his own confession. But why are we arguing about words, when the facts are clear enough? and seeking for a determination of the matter from the terms of the Creed,…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.10 — He inveighs against him because though he has forsaken the Catholic religion, he nevertheless presumes to teach in the Church, to sacrifice, and to give decisions. I appeal then to you, to you yourself, I say. Tell…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.11 — He removes the silent objection of heretics who want to recant the profession of their faith made in childhood. He removes the silent objection of heretics who want to recant the profession of their faith made in…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.12 — Christ crucified is an offence and foolishness to those who declare that He was a mere man. Christ crucified is an offence and foolishness to those who declare that He was a mere man. The shock then to your hearing…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.13 — He replies to the objection in which they say that the child born ought to be of one substance with the mother. He replies to the objection in which they say that the child born ought to be of one substance with the…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.14 — He compares this erroneous view with the teaching of the Pelagians. Otherwise if Christ who was born of Mary is not the same Person as He who is of God, you certainly make two Christs; after the manner of that…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.15 — He shows that those who patronize this false teaching acknowledge two Christs. But still, I had begun to say, that as you certainly make out two Christs this very matter must be illustrated and made clear. Tell me, I…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.16 — He shows further that this teaching is destructive of the confession of the Trinity. But still even if your obstinacy and dishonesty are not restrained by this faith of the Creed, are you not, I ask you, overwhelmed…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.17 — Those who are under an error in one point of the Catholic religion, lose the whole faith, and all the value of the faith. Those who are under an error in one point of the Catholic religion, lose the whole faith, and…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.18 — He directs his discourse upon his antagonist with whom he is disputing, and begs him to return to his senses. The sacrament of reconciliation is necessary for the lapsed for their salvation. And so, you wretched,…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.19 — That the birth of Christ in time diminished nothing of the glory and power of His Deity. For the fact that He came of the flesh and in the flesh, has reference to His birth, and involves no diminution in Him: and He…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.20 — He shows from what has been said that we do not mean that God was mortal or of flesh before the worlds, although Christ, who is God from eternity and was made man in time, is but one Person. But perhaps you will say:…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.21 — The authority of Holy Scripture teaches that Christ existed from all eternity. And yet to return to what we said before, though all these things are so, as we have stated: how do we read that Jesus Christ (whom you…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.22 — The hypostatic union enables us to ascribe to God what belongs to the flesh in Christ. How then is Christ (whom you term a mere man) proclaimed in Holy Scripture to be God without beginning, if by our own confession…vatican.va
• On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VI.23 — That the figure Synecdoche, in which the part stands for the whole, is very familiar to the Holy Scripture. That the figure Synecdoche, in which the part stands for the whole, is very familiar to the Holy Scripture.…vatican.va