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No, it is not a joke. Claiming that Christ has two natures is orthodoxy. Claiming that there are two persons in Christ (i.e. "Christ the Word" and "Jesus the Christ", or "God the Word" and God the man"), is Nestorianism.

-A8

2,749 posted on 12/22/2006 12:26:43 PM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)

A8 is right. Your formulation is almost identical to the distinction Nestorius drew between the Divine Logos and the one from the Virgin.

If you don't believe there are two persons in Christ, and do believe that the Divine Logos and Jesus Christ are the same person, then you ought not use language that has the force of denying the unity of Christ's person. If you stop using such language now that the problem has been pointed out to you, you are not a Nestorian. No one is a heretic unless they persist in their erroneous views willfully after receiving correction from the Church (and you'll note, the East and the West are speaking with one voice on this).

2,802 posted on 12/22/2006 7:42:09 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)