Eutyches and the Tome of Leo: How the Church Defined Christ’s Nature

Who was Eutyches, and why was his Christology condemned? Before the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD), the Church faced one of its most intense Christological controversies—a theological battle over how to define Christ’s divine and human natures. Eutyches, an influential monk in Constantinople, rejected the idea of two natures in Christ after the Incarnation, leading to accusations of Monophysitism (the belief that Christ had only one divine nature). In response, Pope Leo I wrote the Tome of Leo, a document that would become crucial in defining Orthodox Christology at Chalcedon. In this video, we explore: Who was Eutyches, and what did he teach? The theological importance of the Tome of Leo Why Eutyches was condemned by Pope Leo & the Church How this controversy led to the Chalcedonian Definition The long-term effects on the Church and Christology ⏳ Key Topics Covered: ✔ What is Eutychianism? ✔ The Christological debates before Chalcedon ✔ The significance of the Tome of Leo ✔ Why the Church rejected Eutyches’ teachings ✔ The impact of this controversy on Eastern and Western Christianity On the way to the Council of Chalcedon, and the split in the universal church, a few things happened. An old monk and an abbot of a monastery in Constantinople called Eutyches defended Alexandrian Christology to the extinct that he failed to distinguish between the 'human and divine natures of Christ in thought-alone' according to Cyril of Alexandria. Flavian of Constantinople, Pope Leo of Rome, Emperor Theodosius II, Discourse of Alexandria were involved in this schism. Who exactly was Eutyches? What caused him to be excommunicated from the Church and labeled as a heretic? In this video, we'll provide a look at Eutyches and the Tome of Leo. Excerpt: Eutyches (378-456) had a large following of monks. He was sincerely committed to the Alexandrian formula of the “one nature” which Cyril appropriated from Apollinarius and upheld at the Council of Ephesus. Because of his ignorance, Eutyches purported a false declaration in which he essentially implied that Christ’s humanity was overwhelmed by the divinity so much so that the former ceased to have any real existence and as such the only virtually subsisting nature in Christ is the divine. 🔴 Subscribe to get more videos from Theology Academy https://bit.ly/3IyOpRP –––––––––––––––– Follow us: Visit our Website: https://www.theologyacademy.net Instagram:   / engagetheology   Twitter:   / theoengage   Facebook:   / theologyacademy.eng   #EutychianControversy #ChurchHistory #TheologyAcademy