Third Anathema

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The Third Anathema is one of the formal condemnations issued by Saint Cyril of Alexandria against the Christological teachings of Nestorius during the early 5th-century controversies over the nature of Christ.

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instanceOf Christological condemnation ⓘ
anathema ⓘ
document of patristic theology ⓘ
theological condemnation ⓘ
affirms that Christ is one person ⓘ
that the Word of God is united personally to flesh ⓘ
that the same one is God and man ⓘ
approximateDate c. 430 ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil Council of Ephesus ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Christological controversies of the 5th century ⓘ
Nestorian controversy ⓘ
attributedTo Saint Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Cyril of Alexandria
author Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
citedBy later orthodox theologians ⓘ
citedIn patristic Christological debates ⓘ
condemns Nestorian Christology ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism

teachings of Nestorius ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism
followedBy Fourth Anathema ⓘ
geographicalContext Alexandria ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
hasCanonicalStatusIn Cyrillian theological tradition ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 5th century ⓘ
influenced later conciliar Christological definitions ⓘ
orthodox assessments of Nestorianism ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
numberInSeries 3 ⓘ
opposesDoctrine Nestorian separation of the Word and the man Jesus ⓘ
division of Christ into two persons ⓘ
partOf Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
precededBy Second Anathema ⓘ
relatedDocument Eighth Anathema ⓘ
Eleventh Anathema ⓘ
Fifth Anathema ⓘ
First Anathema ⓘ
Fourth Anathema ⓘ
Ninth Anathema ⓘ
Second Anathema ⓘ
Seventh Anathema ⓘ
Sixth Anathema ⓘ
Tenth Anathema ⓘ
Twelfth Anathema ⓘ
religiousSubtradition Patristic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Patristic theology
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
supportsDoctrine hypostatic union ⓘ
unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
targetOf Nestorius of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Nestorius
textualForm formal anathema formula ⓘ
theologicalField Christology ⓘ
usedBy supporters of Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ

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Anathemas against Nestorius → hasPart → Third Anathema ⓘ