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o o NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION PROF. M. M. NINAN The Antiochene school was influenced by Aristotle and adhered to an historical exegesis (i.e. concentrating on what the Bible actually said), affirming that Jesus was fully human, that the Godhead dwelt in him, but did not eclipse his humanity. The Alexandrine school was influenced by Plato and followed an allegorical tradition (i.e. tending to attach several layers of meaning to every text), affirming that Jesus' divinity must take precedence, even if at the expense of his humanity. • The Antiochenes spoke of two natures in Christ, so they came to be known as Dyophysites (from the Greek duo physis, "two natures"), whereas the Alexandrians insisted upon one nature, at once divine and human, so they came to be known as Monophysites (from mono physis, "one nature"). • In order to preserve the emphasis on oneness, it was difficult for the Alexandrians not to weaken either the deity or the humanity of Christ; in the view of Antioch, they tended to do the latter. • Antioch considered that Alexandria devalued the humanity of Jesus, whereas Alexandria looked upon Antioch as overemphasizing his humanity. source: Church of the East Dyophysitism (δυοφυσιτισμός, from δυο (dyo), meaning "two" and φύσις (physis), meaning "nature") is a theological term used within the Christian studies for describing the Christological position that states the existence of two natures (divine and human) in the person of Jesus Christ. In that sense, the term is used as an opposite to the terms monophysitism and miaphysitism, Nestorianism is a form of dyophysitism. It can be seen as the antithesis to monophysitism, which emerged in reaction to Nestorianism. Monophysitism ( μονοφυσιτισμός; Late Koine Greek [monofysitzˈmos] from μόνος monos, "only, single" and φύσις physis, "nature") is the Christological position that, after the union of the divine and the human in the historical Incarnation, Jesus Christ, as the incarnation of the eternal Son or Word (Logos) of God, had only a single "nature" which was either divine or a synthesis of divine 17
NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION PROF. M. M. NINAN and human. Monophysitism is contrasted to dyophysitism (or dia-, dio-, or duophysitism) which maintains that Christ maintained two natures, one divine and one human, after the Incarnation.] Catechetical School of Alexandria This school was started by Pantaenus a Stoic in 180 Ad in the Egyptian Alexandria was the first Christian Institution of Higher Education. He was followed by Clement of Alexandria and then by Origen. Under the leadership of the scholar Pantaenus, the school of Alexandria became an important institution of religious learning, where students were taught by scholars such as Athenagoras, Clement, Didymus, and the great Origen, who was active in the field of commentary and comparative Biblical studies. Many scholars, such as Jerome, visited the school of Alexandria to exchange ideas and to communicate directly with its scholars. They developed the Allegorical method of analysis of the scripture where a scripture is interpreted using other scriptures. It generated such leaders as Clement (c. 150–215) and Origen (c. 185–254), who were the defenders of Orthodox Christianity during periods of doctrinal formations of the Church. They looked at Jesus from the point of view of divinity and tended towards Monophysitism, a view that virtually negates Christ’s humanity School of Antioch This school was found in 200 AD by Lucian (died 312) They interpreted scripture in its literal sense and stressed onto the humanity of Jesus. Their products of geniuses included Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyrrhus (c. 393–458) and St. John Chrysostom(c. 349 – 407, ) Arius(c. 250–336), was the extremist in this school who proposed that since Jesus was the Son of God, there was a time when Jesus the Son did not exist and hence was inferior to the Father In 325 the Council of Nicaea condemned Arianism. The majority of his exegetical and theological writings were destroyed or lost. 18
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