Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Feb 2006)

<i>Uniformis Trinitas</i>: Once More the Theopaschite Trinitarianism of Dioscorus of Aphrodito

  • Leslie S. B. MacCoull

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 1
pp. 83 – 96

Abstract

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When in two verse petitions Dioscorus of Aphrodito applied the word monoeides to the Trinity, he was carefully choosing a term which, rooted in the Platonic tradition, helped him bridge the conflicting christologies of Chalcedonian and Monophysite patrons.