Page 91 - THE ARMENIAN CHURCH_Neat

92 The Armenian Church

was born immaculate. As there is no beginning to
His Godhood, likewise there is no end to His
manhood (For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today, and for ever). We believe that our Lord
Jesus Christ walked about on earth. At the age of
thirty years, He came to be baptized. The Father
bore witness from above: "This is my beloved
Son," and the Holy Spirit in the likeness of a dove
descended upon Him. He was tempted by Satan
and defeated him. He preached salvation to
mankind. He labored physically and became tired
and hungry and thirsty. He then voluntarily suf-
fered, was crucified and died bodily and remained
alive through His Godhood. His body was placed
in the tomb, united with the Godhood, and in the
Spirit He descended into hell, without being
7
separated from Godhood."
St. Nerses the Gracious, displaying the
christological position of the Armenian
Church, states: "We say one nature in Christ,
but without confusion, not according to Eutyches,
but to Cyril of Alexandria, who, in his Scholia,
said against Nestorius that “one is the nature of
the incarnate Word, as the fathers have said.” By
'fathers,' he is referring to Athanasius and those
who preceded him. Therefore, we too affirm one
nature according to the tradition of the saints (i.e.
church fathers), and not according to the opinions
of the heterodox, who, by saying one nature
introduce confusion, alteration or change into the
union of Christ’s [divine and human natures].
And, instead of one person in Christ, that you say