Letter to Flavian

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Christological text doctrinal letter theological letter

Letter to Flavian is a doctrinal letter by Pope Leo I that became a key Christological text at the Council of Chalcedon, defining the orthodox understanding of Christ’s two natures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Epistola ad Flavianum	1
Letter to Flavian canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christological text ⓘ doctrinal letter ⓘ theological letter ⓘ
addressedTo	Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
affirms	Christ is one person in two natures ⓘ full divinity of Christ ⓘ full humanity of Christ ⓘ unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tome of Leo ⓘ
associatedWith	Papal primacy in doctrinal matters ⓘ
author	Pope Leo I ⓘ
canonicalStatus	non-biblical ecclesiastical document ⓘ
citedBy	later Church councils ⓘ medieval theologians ⓘ
dateWritten	5th century ⓘ
denies	change of Christ’s natures ⓘ confusion of Christ’s natures ⓘ division of Christ’s person ⓘ separation of Christ’s natures ⓘ
ecclesiasticalRole	papal doctrinal intervention in Eastern controversies ⓘ
genre	epistle ⓘ
geographicContext	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Rome ⓘ
historicalContext	Christological controversies of the 5th century ⓘ
influenced	Catholic dogmatic theology ⓘ Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ surface form: Definition of Chalcedon later Western Christology ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	Christology ⓘ two natures of Christ ⓘ
opposes	Miaphysitism ⓘ surface form: Eutychianism Monophysitism ⓘ
preservedIn	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ surface form: acts of the Council of Chalcedon collections of papal letters ⓘ
purpose	to clarify orthodox teaching on Christ’s person and natures ⓘ
recipientOccupation	Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
recognizedAs	standard of orthodox Christology ⓘ
recognizedBy	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
relatedTo	Council of Ephesus ⓘ Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Christianity ⓘ
statusAtCouncilOfChalcedon	authoritative doctrinal text ⓘ
theologicalPosition	Dyophysitism ⓘ
traditionStatus	dogmatically important document ⓘ
usedAt	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
writtenBefore	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tome of Leo → alsoKnownAs → Letter to Flavian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epistola ad Flavianum