Nielsen’s Nook

Chalcedonians and Monophysites

1. Dyophysites: These theologians remained faithful to Antiochene Christology and considered Chalcedon a post humous victory for Theodore of Mopsuestia - and a partial disavowal of Cyril of Alexandria.
2. Monophysites: Considered Chalcedon a return to Nestorianism. Rejecting the council they retained Cyril's formulation "one single incarnate nature of the God-Word" which undoubtedly consisted of "two natures" (?? ??? ??????).
3. Neo-Chalcedonians: This group saw the council as not disavowing Cyril but merely condemned Eutyches. By saying "one hypostasis" Chalcedon was seen as upholding Cyril's argument against Nestorius.
4. Leontiusites: None of the above groups were able to rectify the terminological problems created by the Chalcedonian definition. In the first half of the sixth century, armed with Origenist metaphysics, Leontius of Byzantium (et al.) forged ahead with a creative effort towards a solution.

The Word was not changed into flesh when he took a body from it, and the flesh was not transformed into the Word's nature when it was united to it.