One incarnate nature of God the Word
Doctrine · On Christ · from c. 433
There is one incarnate nature of God the Word, the divine and the human being united without confusion, without change and without division.
Cyril's formula, held after Chalcedon by the churches that did not receive it. It is not the proposition Eutyches was condemned for: its defenders deny at length that the humanity was diminished or absorbed.
Held it
- 433 — Cyril of Alexandria (Formulates). Uses the formula one incarnate nature of God the Word, believing it to be Athanasius. The Christian Tradition 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100–600) · Pelikan, vol. 1, ch. 5
- 451 — The Coptic Orthodox Church (Holds). Holds it as the faith of Cyril and of Dioscorus. History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria · the life of Dioscorus, 25th patriarch of Alexandria
- 451 — The Syriac Orthodox Church (Holds). Holds it as the faith of Cyril, and the chronicle of its own patriarch states it so. Chronique de Michel le Syrien · Michael the Syrian, book 8, chapter 11
- 513 — Severus of Antioch (Holds). Holds the formula while denying that the humanity is confused, changed or diminished. Letters, and Against the Impious Grammarian · Severus, Against the Impious Grammarian, book 2
Refused it
- 451 — The Council of Chalcedon (Rejects). Defines in two natures, which its opponents read as a rejection of the formula. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Chalcedon (451), the Definition of Faith
In the disputes
- The division over Chalcedon The council that settled one question opened another that has not closed.
First stated in this form after Letters, and Against the Impious Grammarian · Severus, Against the Impious Grammarian, book 2.