The Prosopon Theology of the Roman Empire

Gregory of Nissa drew on stoic theory of physical mixture to envisage a situation in which divinity and humanity were blended together while retaining their natures. A similar view was upheld by the influential theologian Cyril of Alexandria. But neither this nor a further council at Calcedon in 451 could unite the Church. Some communities continued to uphold Apollonarius' monophysite theory. Still others adhered to Cyril's understanding of Christ as a single person who postuses that comes out of two natures. This fracture had deep social and political consequences, and was a potential source of weakness within the Byzantine Empire,. The eastern part of the Roman Empire survived after the fall