Sermon of Nestorius «On the Divine Inhumanation» (GPG 5707; Loofs 18); Translation from Latin, Preface and Commentaries
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2023.2.18.002
Abstract
The publication focuses on the sermon of Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople, «On the Divine Inhumanation» (GPG 5707; Loofs 18), which was delivered on December 6, 430 and is fully preserved in the Latin translation made by Marius Mercator. A full Russian translation of the sermon from Latin is offered, accompanied with historical, theological and philological commentaries. In preparing the Russian translation, excerpts from the sermon preserved in Syriac sources were taken into account. As an appendix, Syriac extracts from the manuscript Brit. lib. Add. 12,155 (= British Museum 857) are published for the first time. The introductory study provides information about the history of the text and its editions, analyzes the historical context and circumstances of the delivery of the sermon, and also offers a general outline of the theological beliefs of Nestorius reflected in the sermon.
About the Author
D. V. Smirnov
Church Scientific Center «Orthodox Encyclopedia»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. Smirnov, Lead Scientific Editor
10a / 1 Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya street, Moscow 105120
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Smirnov D.V. Sermon of Nestorius «On the Divine Inhumanation» (GPG 5707; Loofs 18); Translation from Latin, Preface and Commentaries. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2023;(2):83-135. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2023.2.18.002
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