This homily, like most of Jacob’s other homilies, begins with a long introduction. The passionate feeling of sorrow at the discord caused by the council which is expressed in the homily speaks for itself. It is, however, a little hard to discern the force of the biblical testimonia adduced (lines 116–126) in favor of the author’s standpoint, since these are standard testimonia with which any side in the controversy would presumably have been happy. Yet there is also a clear statement of the reasons why the council was unacceptable (lines 143–150): it is the dividing up of the properties, ascribing them either to the human or to the divine nature. It was precisely the emphasis on this aspect in the Tome of Leo and the Letter of Ibas that led to the disapproval of these two particular documents of the council by the opponents of Chalcedon. What Jacob objected to was the suggestion of a schizophrenic Christ; hence the impassioned cry which Jacob puts into the church’s mouth in line 155: “The Son of God is one, he is one!” There is a radical difference of perspective here.