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80 phemed the, and they declared thus: 'and in one , the life-giving , proceeding from the , who with the is worshipped, who spake by the prophets.' Hereby the fathers, by their heavenly doctrine, magnified the Person of the , and confessed that He is the Offspring of the Self-existent, the Offspring of the essence of the  and the ."

The following, from the service in the Gezza appointed to be read on the festival of the "Greek Doctors," clearly proves that the Nestorians have no sympathy with the heresiarchs whose teaching tended in any way to impugn the orthodox doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

"Woe, and woe again, to all the conclave of heretics.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who say that died.26

"Woe, and woe again, to all who do not say that is immortal.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who say that Mary is the Mother of .27

"Woe, and woe again, to all who do not say that Mary is the Mother of.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who do not confess the, and.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who do not confess Three Persons in one Essence.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who do not confess in two Natures, two Persons, and one Parsopa of Filiation.

"Woe, and woe again, to, , and.

"Woe, and woe again, to and.

"Woe, and woe again, to Bar Baryâné and Mahedrâyé.

"Woe, and woe again, to Dumaritus and Pontinus.

"Woe, and woe again, to the wicked and Dalmatis.

"Woe, and woe again, to Lotinus and Magnetis.

"Woe, and woe again, to Apollinaris and Origen.

"Woe, and woe again, to the wicked Cyril28 and Severus.

"Woe, and woe again, to the cursed [Baraddæus] and Bardassenes.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who deny the only true.

"Woe, and woe again, to all who have been expelled the Church for their impiety.