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82 took place so that this is that and that is this. Professor r, who did not enter into a discussion of the last quoted formulas, says in reference to the former (viz.: The manhood is the  of the Godhead and the Godhead is the  of the manhood ): "These words come near to eliminating 'personality,' as we understand it, altogether, or at all events they suggest the merging of one personality in the other, each in each. This in fact seems to be the meaning of Nestorius. He is in search of the real centre of union and he finds it here. He uses the term  to express that in which both the Godhead and manhood of our Lord were one, even while remaining distinct from one another, each retaining its own characteristics ." I think that Professor r is here still striving to find a metaphysical centre of union. In my opinion the idea of Nestorius is most easily understood by us, if we look at Philippians ii, 6 ff. The form of a servant and the form