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Rh the union in the  of Christ, then I agree with you. And with the formulas which he saw proposed by Flavian of Constantinople or found in Leo's letter to Flavian he showed himself well contented.

Thus apologising for himself, Nestorius was not fortunate in his own time but he is in our time. For Professor r has in his book on Nestorius and his teaching a particular chapter with the heading: "Two persons not the teaching of Nestorius ," and here we find Professor  r asserting: "It is impossible to doubt that Nestorius was clear in his own mind that his doctrine of the incarnation safeguarded absolutely the unity of the subject. He did not think of two distinct persons joined together, but of a single person, who combined in Himself the two distinct substances, Godhead and manhood, with their characteristics (natures) complete and intact though united in Him ." Of course Professor r does not fail to recognise that the use of the term  in Nestorius is somewhat "puzzling ," but nevertheless,