Severus of Antioch's "Miaphysite" Christology in Context

When you search "Monophysite" on YouTube, oftentimes you get pretty basic tutorial level explanations of the Monophysite heresy and why it is wrong. Here, we go way deeper than that in exploring the more nuanced "strict miaphysite" Christology that today's "Oriental Orthodox Church" adheres to.

The Oriental Orthodox Church is comprised of the Armenian, Ethiophian, Syriac, Coptic, Eritrean and Malankara churches. It rejects the Council of Chalcedon and so is outside of the Orthodox communion.

In this video, I cover terminological difficulties, the history of the Orthodox and the Anti-Chalcedonian communions, and the theology of the Monophysites, mainly Severus of Antioch and Philoxenus of Mabbug and a refutation of their theology with the explanation of the logical consequences.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
0:58 Agenda
6:12 Timeline Between 451-553
12:15 Four Interpretations of Chalcedon
19:32 Cyrillic Chalcedonian View Explained
28:58 Anti-Chalcedonian Christology
33:35 Timothy Aelurus
37:17 Severus of Antioch
2:09:56 Philoxenus of Mabbug
2:32:22 The Agnotae Controversy
2:39:38 Summary & Conclusion

Recommended Material & Sources:

If you are interested in this content, I would recommend you check out my "Oriental Orthodox Refuted" video series here:    • Oriental Orthodoxy Refuted  

Orthodox Vs. Oriental Orthodox Debate:    • Eastern Orthodox vs Oriental Orthodox...  

Jay Dyer and I talking about Severus of Antioch's Theology here:    • Oriental Orthodox Refuted Part 4: Dec...  

Jay Dyer and I on Council of Florence and Oriental Orthodoxy (my first proper stream on Oriental Orthodox so the arguments are pretty primitive):    • Talking about Council of Florence and...  

SeveranZealot (Oriental Orthodox) Vs. Joseph Suaiden (Fake Orthodox) Debate Review!:    • SeveranZealot (Oriental Orthodox) Vs....  



Arguments Against Those Who Say Christ Is A Composite Hypostasis: https://orthodoxapologetics.com/argum...



Books/Sources:

Letters of Severus by E.W Brooks: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/sev...

Synaxarion of Pope John II: http://www.abanoub.org.au/synexarium/...

Pope Shenouda III on the One Will of Christ: https://st-takla.org/books/en/pope-sh...

Hypostasis in Severus of Antioch by Peter Farrington: http://orthokairos.weebly.com/uploads...

Monophysite Texts of the 6th Century: https://www.amazon.com/Monophysite-Ce...

The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon translated by Richard Price: https://www.amazon.com/Council-Chalce...

The Defense of Chalcedon in the East (451-553) by Patrick T.R Gray: https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Chalce...

Leontius of Jerusalem: Against the Monophysites translated by Patrick T.R Gray: Testimonies of the Saints and Aporiae: https://www.amazon.com/Leontius-Jerus...

On the Person of Christ: The Christology of Emperor Justinian translated by Kenneth Warren Wesche: https://www.amazon.com/Person-Christ-...

THE DEFENSE OF CHALCEDON IN THE 6TH CENTURY: THE DOCTRINE OF "HYPOSTASIS" AND DEIFICATION IN THE CHRISTOLOGY OF LEONTIUS OF JERUSALEM(Yes, I am aware it's from Fordham, but the dissertations is back when Fordham was good, and you can find a free pdf from google):https://fordham.bepress.com/dissertat...

The Dyophysite Christology of Cyril of Alexandria by Hans Van Loon: https://www.amazon.com/Dyophysite-Chr...

God, History, and Dialectic Volume 1 by Joseph P. Farrell: https://www.amazon.com/God-History-Di...

The Byzantine Christ: Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor: https://www.amazon.com/Byzantine-Chri...

Chalcedon in Context by Richard Price: https://www.amazon.com/Chalcedon-Cont...

St. Cyril of Alexandria The Christological Controversy: https://www.amazon.com/St-Cyril-Alexa...


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