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Communicatio idiomatum

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Communicatio idiomatum (Lat., ‘interchange of properties’). A doctrine of christology put forward by several patristic writers. It emphasizes the separateness of the human and divine natures in Christ, but holds that what may only strictly be said of the one may also be said of the other, because of their union in the one person. It is most clearly stated in the Tome of Pope Leo (449).

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communicatio idiomatum

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communicatio idiomatum (Lat., ‘interchange of the properties’). The doctrine that, while the human and Divine natures in Christ were distinct, the attributes of the one may be predicated of the other in view of their union in His Person.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "communicatio idiomatum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "communicatio idiomatum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-communicatioidiomatum.html

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "communicatio idiomatum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-communicatioidiomatum.html

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