Truly Divine and Truly Human The Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils

includes index and biblioraphy

1. In the Beginning : The Title of Jesus ........1 Lord, Saviour, Son of God, Son of Man and Christ .........2 Wisdom and word ........9 2. A tale of Two Cities : Antioch and Alexandria .......17 Antioch and Alexandria ............18 The Philosophical Background ...........26 Representative Thinkers : Theodore of Mopsuestia and Origen .......31 Salvation ............35 3. There was when he was Not : The Council of Nicaea ..........41 Constantine the Great ............42 Arius and Athanasius ..........44 The Council of Nicaea ............48 The Creed of Nicaea .............52 The Melitian Schism ................56 Celebrating Easter ..............57 The Canons of Nicaea .......58 4. Of a Rational Soul and a Body : The Council of Constantinople ...............63 The Holy Spirit .........66 The Cappadocian Fathers ............67 Apollinarius of Laodicea ................71 The Council of Constantinople ..............72 The Filioque Clause ..........76 The Canons of Constantinople ........77 5. Holy Mary, Mother of God ? The Council of Ephesus ........81 Nestorius .......82 Mary 84 Cyril of Alexandria ............86 The Council of Ephesus .......88 6. Truly Divine and Truly Human : The Council of Chalcedon ............93 After Ephesus ........94 The Council of Chalcedon ........96 The Chalcedonian Definition ...........100 Juvenal`s About - Turn ..........104 7. Natures, Energies and Wills : Two Councils of Constantinople .......109 After Chalcedon .......110 Severus of Antioch ........112 Jacob Baradaeus .......115 Justinian and theodora ...........116 The Second Council of Constantinople ........118 Monenergism and Monothelitism .........120 Maximus the Confessor......123 The third Council of Constantinople .......125 8. Icons and Idols: The Second Council of Nicaea ..............129 Icons and Iconoclasm ...........130 John of Damascus ............133 The Second Council of Nicaea .........136 Theodore the Studite ...........138 The Canons of Nicaea II ..........141 9. The Councils today : Positions and Prospects .........145 Christology, Language, and Salvation ......146 Churches and Councils .....148 The Councils and Modern Christology ..............154