Nestorius

NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION
PROF. M. M. NINAN
long perceived as Nestorian, and the Roman Catholic Church. Ten years later, on November 11th,
1994 Dinkha again made an official visit. Following the official reception, he and John Paul signed
a groundbreaking Common Declaration on Christ’s natures, stating that the Church of the East and
the Roman Catholic Church share a common faith. This summit also saw the creation of annual
dialogue meetings that in 2001 saw the recognition of their Eucharist, and a shared communion
agreement, due to the small and sparse population of Eastern Christians who are in union with
Rome or are part of the Church of the East. The importance of this shared communion agreement
cannot be overstated. Not only did the Roman Catholic Church and an Eastern Church come to a
shared communion agreement, but, and this was scandalous for some Roman Catholics, the
Anaphora used by the Church of the East, the Anaphora of Addai and Mari, which is one of the
oldest anaphoras used does not have the Institution Narrative. This agreement showed not only an
economy of sacramental sharing, but laid the groundwork for liturgical theology to be interpreted in
the most charitable way possible, and liturgy lived out without capitulation to the larger church for
the promotion of Christian unity.
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