Flavian
Definition
A doctrinal letter from a pope. Celestine’s Tome was read at Ephesus and recognized as Orthodox; Leo’s Tome to Flavian set forth the two-natures doctrine and was accepted as a basis for the Chalcedonian Definition.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Papal Tome
Biblical References
- Romans 1:3 — *concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, *
- Romans 8:3 — *For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, *
- Luke 1:43 — *And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me? *