467. The Monophysites affirmed that the human nature had ceased to exist as such in Christ when the divine person of God’s Son assumed it. Faced with this heresy, the fourth ecumenical council, at Chalcedon in 451, confessed:
Following the holy Fathers, we unanimously teach and confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: the same perfect in divinity and perfect in humanity, the same truly God and truly man, composed of rational soul and body; consubstantial with the Father as to his divinity and consubstantial with us as to his humanity; “like us in all things but sin”. He was begotten from the Father before all ages as to his divinity and in these last days, for us and for our salvation, was born as to his humanity of the virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
We confess that one and the same Christ, Lord, and only-begotten Son, is to be acknowledged in two natures without confusion, change, division or separation. the distinction between the natures was never abolished by their union, but rather the character proper to each of the two natures was preserved as they came together in one person (prosopon) and one hypostasis.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
168. Who belongs to the Catholic Church?
294. Why is the Eucharist a “pledge of future glory”?
16. To whom is given the task of authentically interpreting the deposit of faith?
307. Who is the minister of this sacrament?
6. What does God reveal to man?
546. How did the Virgin Mary pray?
288. What is the meaning of the altar?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the example of faith that the poor widow gives us in Luke 21:1-4?
What is the Blood Moon prophecy of Joel 2:30-31 in the Bible?
Understanding God’s sovereignty through the Psalms (Psalm 33:6-9)
The Woman and the Dragon: The Struggle Between Good and Evil (Revelation 12:1-17)
What can we learn about the growth of the early church in Jerusalem from Acts 2:41-47?
What does James 5:7-11 teach us about patience in times of suffering?
