Nestorianism: Nestorius attempted to create a theory to unite Jesus' divinity and humanity, one of the central questions of the early church. Cyril of Alexandria was his principle opponent -Nestorius was never a Nestorian. 1. Jesus is God by virtue not by nature. 2. God dwelled within the man Jesus as parallel individuals. So conceived, the man Jesus had two natures (divine and human) living in parallel within one human body. Another way to say this is that there were two persons, distinct and un-united. Jesus had a human nature, a human will, and a human body. And then we had God the Son come alongside this human person and guide it or direct it. The opposition to the Nestorian position was that God directly came down to take on human will. the divine nature of Jesus is the primary focus. Only God saves. God had to come to earth and become the sacrifice that would provide reconciliation. It isn't nece...