First Anathema

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The First Anathema is the initial formal condemnation issued by Saint Cyril of Alexandria against the Christological teachings of Nestorius during the early 5th-century Nestorian controversy.

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First Anathema canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrinal statement ⓘ
Christological formula ⓘ
anathema ⓘ
theological condemnation ⓘ
addressedTo Nestorius ⓘ
bishops of the East ⓘ
aimsTo protect orthodox understanding of Christ’s person ⓘ
associatedPerson John of Antioch ⓘ
Pope Celestine I ⓘ
Theodoret of Cyrus ⓘ
author Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
canonicalStatus received in later Chalcedonian tradition as orthodox ⓘ
church Church of Alexandria ⓘ
condemns Nestorian Christology ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism

Nestorius ⓘ
controversyType doctrinal controversy ⓘ
denominationContext Eastern Christianity ⓘ
documentType epistolary anathema ⓘ
ecclesiasticalLevel patriarchal condemnation ⓘ
genre polemical theology ⓘ
historicalContext Council of Ephesus controversy ⓘ
Nestorian controversy ⓘ
influenced Council of Ephesus dogmatic decisions ⓘ
linked to: Council of Ephesus

later Byzantine Christology ⓘ
subsequent anti-Nestorian polemics ⓘ
keyDoctrineAffirmed Theotokos doctrine implicitly ⓘ
hypostatic union ⓘ
one Christ and Son ⓘ
unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
medium letter ⓘ
opposes Antiochene Christology ⓘ
originalAudience imperial and ecclesiastical authorities ⓘ
partOf Cyril of Alexandria’s Twelve Anathemas ⓘ
placeContext Alexandria ⓘ
preservedIn collections of conciliar and patristic documents ⓘ
relatedCouncil Council of Ephesus ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
sequenceInSet 1 ⓘ
statusInMiaphysiteTradition highly esteemed ⓘ
statusInNestorianTradition rejected ⓘ
subjectMatter Christology ⓘ
Incarnation ⓘ
union of divine and human natures in Christ ⓘ
targetsTeaching division of Christ into two persons ⓘ
separation of the Word from the assumed man ⓘ
theologicalSchool Alexandrian Christology ⓘ
timePeriod early 5th century ⓘ
yearIssuedApprox 430 ⓘ

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Anathemas against Nestorius → hasPart → First Anathema ⓘ
Second Anathema → relatedDocument → First Anathema ⓘ
Third Anathema → relatedDocument → First Anathema ⓘ