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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
9 - Emperor Zeno, The Henotikon
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
Under the leadership of Timothy II Aelurus (bishop of Alexandria 457–477) the anti-Chalcedonian Church solidified communally, geographically, and theologically. The condemnation and exile of his predecessor, Dioscorus, spurred Timothy to successfully rally nearly all Egyptian bishops and priests against the Chalcedonian Definition and in favor of language pertaining to the double consubstantiality of Christ. That is, Christ was both same-in-substance with God and same-in-substance with human beings. However, the rise of Timothy’s anti-Chalcedonian Church in Egypt did not faze the emperors Marcian (r. 450–457) and Leo I (r. 457–474); their respective reigns saw no attempts to reconcile. It was Emperor Zeno (r. 474–491), with the support of Bishop Acacius of Constantinople, who intended to secure a reconciliation between the imperial Chalcedonian Church and the Egyptian anti-Chalcedonian Church.
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 187 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022