Nestorius and His Teaching: A Fresh Examination of the Evidence (Syriac Studies Library)

This still standard study on Nestorius is guided by the question: Did Nestorius mean what people have thought that he meant? Chapters cover the sources and content for our knowledge about his teaching. Series Foreword PREFACE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF NESTORIUS AND HIS TEACHING CHAPTER III. THE DOCTRINES ATTRIBUTED TO NESTORIUS AND THE TERMS WHICH HE USED CHAPTER IV. THE TITLE THEOTOKOS CHAPTER V. A FAMOUS SAYING OF NESTORIUS CHAPTER VI. "TWO PERSONS" NOT THE TEACHING OF NESTORIUS CHAPTER VII. THE HIGHPRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST CHAPTER VIII. THE ETHICAL VALUATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST CHAPTER IX. THE EUCHARISTIC TEACHING OF NESTORIUS CHAPTER X. NESTORIUS'S STATEMENT OF HIS OWN POSITION POSITIVELY AND IN RELATION TO CYRIL'S CHAPTER XI. THE PHRASE "HYPOSTATIC UNION" CHAPTER XII. THE TEACHING OF NESTORIUS IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING OF FLAVIAN AND LEO CHAPTER XIII. CONCLUSION APPENDIX ON THE HISTORY OF THE SYRIAC TERMS