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Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310/320–403 AD) · PG 41-43

Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310/320–403) is the name on this short piece from the discourse on faith. It is not the Panarion, and it is not the Ancoratus.

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1Christ the mediator of both natures

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Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310/320–403 AD) — Bishop of Salamis (Constantia) on Cyprus. Best known for the Panarion (Medicine Chest), a vast catalogue of heresies, with the Ancoratus as a shorter doctrinal anchor for the churches. A fierce defender of Nicene orthodoxy and monastic discipline.

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Discover how Epiphanius explains Christ's dual nature as both divine and human, bridging God and people.

The heading calls him Epiphanius of Cyprus. The piece says he showed that Christ is mediator of God and human beings, with flesh from human beings and invisible essence from the Father.

Christ speaks the divine things as God and the human things as man. In both he holds authority naturally and substantially, without confusion and without division. The citations use the old names of the biblical books.

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Translated from PG 41 – 43 (Greek)

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Christ the mediator of both natures§1

The excerptor reports what Epiphanius of Cyprus showed in his discourse on faith, namely that Christ is mediator of God and human beings because he possesses both flesh from humanity and invisible essence from the Father.

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1Epiphanius of Cyprus, from the discourse on faith.

And in order that he might show that Christ is “mediator of God and human beings” (1 Timothy 2:5), possessing both realities—flesh from humanity and invisible essence from the Father—he speaks as God the divine things that are fitting for God, and as man the same one speaks the human things that are fitting for a human. In both he holds authority naturally and substantially, without confusion and without division, both divinely and humanly.

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