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Does Nestorianism permit same-sex marriage?
No, Nestorianism does not permit same-sex marriage.
Why was Nestorianism rejected by the Catholic Church?
Nestorianism is the doctrine that Jesus exists as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, or Logos, rather than as a unified person.
How did Nestorianism challenge the church?
The Nestorianism heresy maintained that Christ had two persons one human and one divine, so it condemned the use of the word Theotokos, greek for bearer or mother of God. If Jesus was two persons, then Mary gave birth only to the human person, not the divine. So, Nestorianism challenged the Churches use of the title Mother of God. A Ecumenical Council was convened in Ephesus in A.D. 431 to establish that Jesus is one person, with two natures one human and one divine, and Mary gave birth to him so she is the Mother of God.
What was St. Cyril of Alexandria known for?
St. Cyril of Alexandria was known for his role in the Christological controversies of the 5th century, particularly his defense of the title "Theotokos" (Mother of God) for the Virgin Mary and his writings on the unity of Christ's divine and human natures. He also played a significant role in the Council of Ephesus in 431, which affirmed Mary as Theotokos and condemned Nestorianism.
Who were people who hated and were considered heretics?
Many people were hated and considered heretics by many throughout the centuries:The Circumcisers (1st Century)Gnosticism (1st and 2nd Centuries)Montanism (Late 2nd Century)Sabellianism (Early 3rd Century)Arianism (4th Century)Pelagianism (5th Century)Semi-Pelagianism (5th Century)Nestorianism (5th Century)Monophysitism (5th Century)Iconoclasm (7th and 8th Centuries)Catharism (11th Century)Protestantism (16th Century)Jansenism (17th Century)The most enduring heresy to date has been the Protestant heresy, although several other lasted quite a long time, and truly Protestantism has elements of most of the earlier heresies in it.
What was the religion on the silk road?
Although silk was known to the Ancient civilizations, the Silk Road/ Route [former Cathay Route] was reintroduced to the Europeans by Marco Polo merchant and explorer. The Silk Road crossed many countries from the Far East to Europe and several civilizations and religions were met by the average traveller. You can start with the religions of Lao Tse, Comfucius, Buddha, Islam, East Orthodox and Catholic travelling westwards and reverse when travelling eastwards. The term Silk Road/ Route was first introduced at 1877 by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen.
What is the movement that rebelled against the Catholic Church called?
Most movements against the Catholic Church have been called heresies, the general title, there have been many: The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies": The Circumcisers (1st century) Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries) Montanism (late 2nd century) Savellianism (early 3rd century) Arianism (4th century) Pelagianism (5th century) Semi-Pelagianism (5th century) Nestorianism (5th century) Monophysitism (5th century) Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries) Catharism (11th century) Protestantism (16th century) Jansenism (17th century)
Where are there any scriptures in the Bible talking about Nestorianism?
Nestorianism-- Refers to theology of Nestorius of Antioch, who became Bishop of Constantinople in 428 A.D. Nestorius believed that Mary was mother only of the human Jesus, not the divine Logos and in the Antiochine "two-nature" Christology. Cyril of Alexandria (who had the female Platonist philosopher Hypatia murdered in 415) first attacked his doctrines in a letter in 428. In his third letter to Nestorius (430), Cyril attacked Nestorius' Christology and demanded that he agree with Cyril's 12 Anathemas, which condemned the Antiochine theology of two natures. Nestorius was to agree that the Word of God suffered in the flesh (not that only the human part of Jesus suffered). Politics became heaviest at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Nestorius' strongest supporters, John of Antioch and other Syrians were delayed because of weather. Nestorius himself was given military protection because of danger to his person at the hands of the monks related to Memnon, bishop of Ephesus and strong supporter of Cyril. Nestorius' views were misrepresented --he was accused of teaching that Christ was only an human being-- and he was excommunicated. Four days later, the Syrians arrived and condemned Cyril and Memnon. Then the Roman delegates of Pope Celestine arrived and deposed John of Antioch. In short, the situation was a mess and the bad feelings and actions did not end at Ephesus. (See a church history book for more information.) In 435, Nestorius, who continued to insist on his innocence, was exiled to the Egyptian desert. Certain bishops in Syria agreed with Nestorius and founded a new church. There still is a small Nestorian church based in Iran, whose New Testament canon is the smallest of Christian churches (22 instead of 27 books) http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/Bible/heresies.stm
Who was a critic of Catholicism?
You might do better asking who wasn't a critic of Catholicism. Our Blessed Lord told us that everyone would be against us, actually, it is one of the ways of telling the true Church! The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies":The Circumcisers(1st century)Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries)Montanism(late 2nd century)Savellianism(early 3rd century)Arianism (4th century)Pelagianism(5th century)Semi-Pelagianism(5th century)Nestorianism(5th century)Monophysitism(5th century)Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries)Catharism(11th century)Protestantism (16th century)Jansenism(17th century)
What were the major heresies in the Roman Church?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies": The Circumcisers (1st century) Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries) Montanism (late 2nd century) Savellianism (early 3rd century) Arianism (4th century) Pelagianism (5th century) Semi-Pelagianism (5th century) Nestorianism (5th century) Monophysitism (5th century) Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries) Catharism (11th century) Protestantism (16th century) Jansenism (17th century)
What are the people that refused to listen to the Roman Catholic church?
Assuming that you are referring to the Catholic Church, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . As for the people who "refused to obey", that would be heretics and schismatics, but over the past 2,000 years, there have been a good number of them, for instance, some of the larger, more famous movements have been: . The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies": The Circumcisers (1st century) Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries) Montanism (late 2nd century) Savellianism (early 3rd century) Arianism (4th century) Pelagianism (5th century) Semi-Pelagianism (5th century) Nestorianism (5th century) Monophysitism (5th century) Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries) Catharism (11th century) Protestantism (16th century) Jansenism (17th century
Which religion's beliefs held that Jesus was exclusively human?
The four Abrahamic faiths, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Baha'ism, all have to some extent or at some specific point in time accepted the doctrine of the complete humanity of the extraordinary man known as Jesus of Nazareth. In Islam, Isa (Jesus) was believed to be a prophet that received as revelations from Allah the Holy Book of the Injil (the Christian "distortion" of which, according to the Islamic view, are the Gospels). He was believed to be one of the humblest of the Islamic prophets as well as one of the greatest miracle-workers, having cured sickenesses such as leprosy and blindness, to have been born of the Virgin Miriam (Mary) and to have been sinless as all the prophets of Allah were (the doctrine of ismah). However, Islam denies completely the Chalcedonian doctrine, almost universally accepted in Christianity, that Isa was both human and divine, by insisting that, as a prophet of Allah, Isa could be nothing other than completely human. Within Islam, belief the divinity of Isa would break tawhid, the most fundamental Islamic belief, namely the belief in the absolute oneness of Allah, since the implication of tawhid is that Allah is by nature supreme so that there could be no manifestation of any earthly thing, even one as holy as a prophet, that is like Him. In fact, associating anything with a historical and material existence such as Isa with Allah constitutes one of the most severe sins in Islam, shirk (roughly translated as blasphemy), since it demeans the omnipotence of Allah to the limitations of a created thing, over which He alone has complete control (the doctrine of al-Qadr). Moreover, if Isa were to have a divine nature, this would imply (as far as Muslims are concerned) that there are more than one god, which again contradicts tawhid even more directly. Muslims regard the Doctrine of the Trinity as only so much playing with words, and that Christians in fact commit an 'excess of faith' by claiming Isa to be Allah. The Qur'an, despite praising Christians (as well as the Jews) as 'people of the Book', nonetheless conjoin them not to 'commit excesses in their faith...by breaking God into three for show'. Within Islam, the doctrine of the Trinity is viewed as polytheism in sheep's clothing, not an attempt to reinforce monotheism (e.g. Roman Catholic catechism: 'we do not speak of three gods, but one God in three persons'). The Five Main Churches of Christianity today accept the Chalcedonian doctrine. Interestingly, the Assyrian Church of the East is now divided from the Five Main Churches because of its upholding of Nestorianism, which is the doctrine that Christ exists as two individuals, the man Jesus and the divine God the Son or Logos. Nestorianism, taught by Nestorius, archbishop of Constantinople in the early fifth century CE, proclaims that Jesus was initially fully and exclusively human, and only became imbued with a divine essence upon His resurrection, where his human body died but his soul became one with the Second Person of the Trinity. Nestorianism was officially condemned as a heresy by the First Council of Ephesus in 431. In Judaism, Jesus is regarded as simply a (albeit radical) rabbi, and most definitively not the Messiah. Baha'ism faith holds similar doctrines with regard to Jesus, as a fully and exclusively human prophet to whom, exceptionally devoted to God and mankind as he was, it would be blasphemous to consider a Person of God.
