Pope Benedict XVI’s three volume scholarly portrait of the historical Jesus gathered from Scripture, Tradition, and insight. ISBN recommendations: 1586171984, 1586175009, 0385346409
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Category Archives: Christology
Second Council of Nicaea
Decrees of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (A.D. 787) which was summoned to address the issue of iconoclasm. The council declared the production and exposure of art representing Christ and the saints to be an authentic ecclesiastical tradition in harmony with the spread of the gospel. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2. For a more detailed defense of holy art, see St. John of Damascus: Apologies Against Those Who Attack the Divine Images in Appendix I.
Third Council of Constantinople
Decrees of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 680-681) which proclaimed and confirmed, against the teaching of the Monothelites, two natural volitions and two natural principles of action in Christ, His human will following and subject to His Divine Will. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
Second Council of Constantinople
Decrees of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 553), summoned by the Emperor Flavius Justinian, which condemned (as Nestorian and heretical) teachings expounded by Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia; Theodoret; and the so called letter of Ibas to Mari the Persian. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
Council of Chalcedon
Decrees of the Fourth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 451) which affirmed along with Pope St. Leo I that Jesus Christ was both fully human and fully divine: having two natures and two wills perfectly united in his one person. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
Council Of Ephesus
Decrees of the Third Ecumenical Council (A.D. 431) which explained and confirmed, against the teaching of Nestorius of Constantinople, that the Marian title Theotokos (Mother of GOD) is not in contradiction to the Catholic Faith. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
First Council of Constantinople
Decrees of the Second Ecumenical Council (A.D. 381) which confirmed the Nicene profession of faith and the equal Divinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
First Council of Nicaea
Decrees of the First Ecumenical Council (A.D. 325) in which teachings of Arius of Alexandria are placed under anathema and the consubstantiality of Jesus Christ with GOD the Father is confirmed. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
St. Athanasius: On the Incarnation
Athanasius of Alexandria (born c. 296, died 373) upheld the orthodox teaching regarding the Incarnation against Arius and the world. He steadfastly defended the Faith despite many persecutions, exiles, and sufferings. He is now honored as a Doctor of the Church. Image above links to Robertson translation. ISBN recommendation: 978-0-88141-427-1