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The Church Fathers · 430

The Twelve Anathemas

Cyril of Alexandria · c. 376–444

What it is

Twelve propositions appended to a letter to Nestorius, each condemning a way of dividing Christ, and demanding subscription.

Why it lasted

The sharpest and most contested documents of the christological controversy, rejected by the Antiochenes and never formally endorsed at Chalcedon.

Where to read it

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