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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- 1 Acts of the Home Synod at Constantinople (November 448):
- 2 Eutyches, Letter to Leo of Rome
- 3 Leo of Rome, Tome to Flavian of Constantinople
- 4 Acts of the Council of Chalcedon (October 451):
- 5 Leo of Rome, The Second Tome (Letter to Emperor Leo)
- 6 Timothy Aelurus, Petition to Emperor Leo
- 7 Timothy Aelurus, Against the Council of Chalcedon
- 8 Timothy Aelurus, Letter to Claudianus
- 9 Emperor Zeno, The Henotikon
- 10 Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Fourth Letter
- 11 Narsai, Metrical Homily on “the Word became Flesh” (John 1:14)
- 12 Narsai, Selections from the Metrical Homilies on the Nativity and on the Epiphany
- 13 Philoxenos of Mabbug, Letter to the Monks of Senoun (Selections)
- 14 Jacob of Serugh, Metrical Homilies on the Name “Emmanuel” and on How the Lord is Known in Scripture as Food and Drink
- 15 Jacob of Serugh, Metrical Homily on the Council of Chalcedon
- 16 Jacob of Serugh, Letter 14
- 17 Simeon of Beth Arsham, Letter on Bar Ṣawmā and the Heresy of the Nestorians
- 18 Emperor Justinian, Edict on the Orthodox Faith (Selection)
- 19 Acts of the Second Council of Constantinople (May–June 553):
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
5 - Leo of Rome, The Second Tome (Letter to Emperor Leo)
from Part I - The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2022
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- 1 Acts of the Home Synod at Constantinople (November 448):
- 2 Eutyches, Letter to Leo of Rome
- 3 Leo of Rome, Tome to Flavian of Constantinople
- 4 Acts of the Council of Chalcedon (October 451):
- 5 Leo of Rome, The Second Tome (Letter to Emperor Leo)
- 6 Timothy Aelurus, Petition to Emperor Leo
- 7 Timothy Aelurus, Against the Council of Chalcedon
- 8 Timothy Aelurus, Letter to Claudianus
- 9 Emperor Zeno, The Henotikon
- 10 Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Fourth Letter
- 11 Narsai, Metrical Homily on “the Word became Flesh” (John 1:14)
- 12 Narsai, Selections from the Metrical Homilies on the Nativity and on the Epiphany
- 13 Philoxenos of Mabbug, Letter to the Monks of Senoun (Selections)
- 14 Jacob of Serugh, Metrical Homilies on the Name “Emmanuel” and on How the Lord is Known in Scripture as Food and Drink
- 15 Jacob of Serugh, Metrical Homily on the Council of Chalcedon
- 16 Jacob of Serugh, Letter 14
- 17 Simeon of Beth Arsham, Letter on Bar Ṣawmā and the Heresy of the Nestorians
- 18 Emperor Justinian, Edict on the Orthodox Faith (Selection)
- 19 Acts of the Second Council of Constantinople (May–June 553):
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
Summary
The Council of Chalcedon affirmed that Leo’s Tome to Flavian of Constantinople was in harmony with the creeds of Nicaea and Constantinople and the conciliar letters of Cyril – but not without controversy. Some bishops criticized three passages in the Tome for emphasizing the duality of natures in Christ, which seemed to them to come alarmingly close to the “Nestorian” tendency to divide the natures in Christ so much that they acted and experienced independently of each other. These objections were eventually resolved at Chalcedon, enabling the bishops to acclaim the Tome as a definition of orthodoxy and to commend it in the Definition of Faith they produced as a “confirmation of right doctrines.” But those opposed to the decisions of Chalcedon continued to regard Leo’s Tome to Flavian as tainted by “Nestorianism.”
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 117 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022