1Flavian assures Theodosius II of his orthodoxy: Christ is one person and hypostasis in two natures after the incarnation, consubstantial with the Father and with his mother, and Nestorius is anathematized.
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Date
448-449 (probable) · Written at the emperor's request after Flavian's synod condemned Eutyches (November 448) and before the second Council of Ephesus (August 449).
Written at
Constantinople, Thrace
Addressed to
Theodosius II
Language
Greek
Genre
letter
Reference system
single section
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Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca, vol. 65 (Paris, 1857-1866), cols. 889-892, from Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum collectio 6.539 (Greek and Latin versions) (Printed edition (Migne, 1857-1866) in the public domain; Greek text from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek OCR of a library copy)