Severus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch
b. 456 · d. 538
42nd Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line) · 512–538
Offices
- Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line) № 42 · 512 – 538
Severus of Antioch also known as Severus of Gaza and nicknamed the Crown of Syrians, was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 512 until his death in 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on 29 September by the Syriac Orthodox Church and 8 February by the Coptic Orthodox Church
Related people
- Peter the Iberian disciple of · traditional
- Flavian II of Antioch succeeded · traditional
- Sergius of Tella preceded · traditional
- Paul the Jew preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Sozopolis birth
- Egypt death
- Byzantine Empire ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Letters, and Against the Impious Grammarian 1 claim — Severus patriarch of Antioch, and deposed
What he held
- The humanity was absorbed After the union there is one nature, the human having been taken up into the divine so that Christ is not of one substance with us.
- One incarnate nature of God the Word There is one incarnate nature of God the Word, the divine and the human being united without confusion, without change and without division.
- Two natures in one person One and the same Christ is made known in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation, the difference of the natures being in no way taken away by the union.
In the disputes
- The division over Chalcedon The council that settled one question opened another that has not closed.