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| Letter to Andreas, Monk of Constantinople.
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CLXXIII. Letter to
Andreas, Monk of Constantinople.2302
| 2302 cf. Epp. CXLIII and CLXXVII. |
“God is faithful who will
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear
it,”2303
and convicts
falsehood,—although now refuted assertion of the falsehood is
approved,—and the power of truth has been shewn. For, lo, they,
who by their impious reasoning had confused the natures of our Saviour
Christ, and dared to preach one nature, and therefore insulted the most
holy and venerable Nestorius, high priest of God, their mouths held, as
the prophet says, with bit and bridle2304
and turned from wrong to right, have once again learnt the truth,
adopting the statement of him who in the cause of truth has borne the
brunt of the battle. For instead of one nature they now confess two,
anathematizing all who preach mixture and confusion. They adore the
impassible Godhead of Christ; they attribute passion to the flesh; they
distinguish between the terms of the Gospels, ascribing the lofty and
divine to the Godhead, and the lowly to the manhood. Such are the
writings now brought from Egypt.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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