Antiochian Christology
Definition
The Christology attributed to Nestorius and rooted in Theodore: the divine Word and the man Jesus are distinct persons/prosopa joined by grace, will, and action; Mary is not strictly Theotokos.
Episodes
- 013 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 11
- 026 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 6
- 027 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 7
- 030 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 10
Related Concepts
Biblical References
- 1 John 4:3 — *but every spirit that refuses to confess Jesus, that spirit is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. *
- John 1:14 (the Word became flesh) — *Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. *
- Hebrews 4:15 (‘like us in all things, sin apart’) — *For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. *
- Romans 5 / Genesis 3 (the fall of Adam) — * Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope…*
- Romans 1:3 — *concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, *
- Matthew 4:1-11 — Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After he fasted 40 days and 40 nights he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these…