Νεστόριος
Nestorios, Nestorius
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Apr 2005Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
This Nestorios being an eloquent speaker by nature was thought to be educated, but in truth he was ill-trained and did not deign to learn the books of the ancient interpreters. Puffed up with his talent for speaking he did not pay accurate attention to the ancients, but considered himself better than all of them.8
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεστόριος· μετὰ Μάνεντα καὶ Παῦλον καὶ Ἀπολινάριον καὶ Θεόδωρον ἐφάνη Νεστόριος ἀπὸ Γερμανικείας τῆς Συρίας, τὸν θρόνον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως δραξάμενος· ὁμοίως τῇ φωνῇ τῶν ἐν Χριστῷ δύο φύσεων κακοφρόνως ἀποχρησάμενος Παύλῳ καὶ Θεοδώρῳ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ προγόνοις· υἱὸς μὲν γὰρ ἦν τοῦ Κίλικος, ἀπόγονος δὲ τοῦ Σαμοσατέως. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς τὴν ἁγίαν παρθένον καὶ θεοτόκον ἄσπονδον ἤρατο πόλεμον. τρίτος προστάτης γεγονὼς τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ταύτης αἱρέσεως ἄλλον εἶναι παρ' ἑαυτῷ τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ ἄλλον τὸν θεὸν λόγον κατὰ τὴν πατρικὴν αὐτοῦ πλάνην ἐδογμάτισε. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Εὐτύχης. οὗτος δὲ ὁ Νεστόριος φυσικῶς εὔλαλος ὢν πεπαιδεῦσθαι μὲν ἐνομίζετο, τῇ δὲ ἀληθείᾳ ἀνάγωγος ἦν καὶ τὰς τῶν παλαιῶν ἑρμηνεύων βίβλους ἀπηξίου μανθάνειν· τυφούμενος γὰρ ὑπὸ τῆς εὐγλωττίας οὐκ ἀκριβῶς προσεῖχε τοῖς παλαιοῖς, ἀλλὰ πάντων κρείττονα ἐνόμιζεν ἑαυτόν.
Betacode
*nesto/rios: meta\ *ma/nenta kai\ *pau=lon kai\ *)apolina/rion kai\ *qeo/dwron e)fa/nh *nesto/rios a)po\ *germanikei/as th=s *suri/as, to\n qro/non *kwnstantinoupo/lews draca/menos: o(moi/ws th=| fwnh=| tw=n e)n *xristw=| du/o fu/sewn kakofro/nws a)poxrhsa/menos *pau/lw| kai\ *qeodw/rw| toi=s e(autou= progo/nois: ui(o\s me\n ga\r h)=n tou= *ki/likos, a)po/gonos de\ tou= *samosate/ws. kai\ dia\ tou=to pro\s th\n a(gi/an parqe/non kai\ qeoto/kon a)/spondon h)/rato po/lemon. tri/tos prosta/ths gegonw\s th=s *)ioudai+kh=s tau/ths ai(re/sews a)/llon ei)=nai par' e(autw=| to\n *xristo\n kai\ a)/llon to\n qeo\n lo/gon kata\ th\n patrikh\n au)tou= pla/nhn e)dogma/tise. meta\ de\ tou=ton *eu)tu/xhs. ou(=tos de\ o( *nesto/rios fusikw=s eu)/lalos w)\n pepaideu=sqai me\n e)nomi/zeto, th=| de\ a)lhqei/a| a)na/gwgos h)=n kai\ ta\s tw=n palaiw=n e(rmhneu/wn bi/blous a)phci/ou manqa/nein: tufou/menos ga\r u(po\ th=s eu)glwtti/as ou)k a)kribw=s prosei=xe toi=s palaioi=s, a)lla\ pa/ntwn krei/ttona e)no/mizen e(auto/n.
Notes (8)
- For favorable and unfavorable views of Nestorius, see web addresses 1 and 2.
- 1Manes or Mani: mu 147. ↩
- 2Paul of Samosata: pi 813. ↩
- 3Apollinarios of Laodicea: alpha 3397, alpha 3398. ↩
- 4Theodore of Mopsuestia: theta 154. ↩
- 5a.k.a. Caesarea Germanice; present-day (Kahraman)maraş; Barrington Atlas map 67 grid D1. ↩
- 6Nestorios rejected the title "Theotokos" (God-bearer) for the Virgin Mary, which was approved by the Council of Ephesus in 431. Nestorios could be considered an intellectual or spiritual descendant of Paul and Theodore. ↩
- 7Eutyches: epsilon 3782. Up to this point the entry comes from the Chronicon of George the Monk (470.10, 470.21, 471.8, 471.25-472). ↩
- 8Socrates, Ecclesiastical History 7.32.10. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 nestorian.org
- Web address 2 newadvent.org
Linked from2 entries
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