CLXXVII. Letter to Andreas, Bishop of Samosata.
The illustrious Aristolaus has
sent Magisterianus from Egypt with a letter of Cyril in which he
anathematizes Arius, Eunomius, Apollinarius and all who assert
Christ’s Godhead to be passible and maintain the confusion and
commixture of the two natures. Hereat we rejoice, although he did
withhold his consent from our statement. He requires further
subscription to the condemnation which has been passed, and that the
doctrine of the holy bishop Nestorius be anathematized. Your holiness
well knows that if any one anathematizes, without distinction, the
doctrine of that most holy and venerable bishop, it is just the same as
though he seemed to anathematize true religion.
We must then if we are compelled
anathematize those who call Christ mere man, or who divide our one Lord
Jesus Christ into two sons and deny His divinity, etc.