15Mercator introduces his Latin translation of Theodore of Mopsuestia's creed, warning that Theodore misled Nestorius and that Julian of Eclanum, who sought Theodore's support, was later condemned by him.
18Mercator compares Nestorius with Paul of Samosata: Nestorius confesses the eternal Word but, by Mercator's account, calls only the one born of Mary Son, joined to the Word by merit, and so was justly condemned.
19Mercator prefaces his literal Latin translation of Nestorius's sermons, defending its plain style as faithful to the Greek.
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. No tradition names him a saint, but he wrote in defence of the church's teaching and was never rejected by the church of his time or later.
Date
after 431 (ca. 431-450) (approximate) · Written after the deposition of Nestorius (431): Mercator calls him 'quondam episcopus'. A more exact date is not known.
Written at
Constantinople, Thrace (approximate)
Language
Latin
Genre
letter
Reference system
Epistula 15 (to the reader, on Theodore of Mopsuestia's creed), 18 (on Nestorius and Paul of Samosata) and 19 (on the sermons of Nestorius), by Schwartz's unit numbers in ACO I.5, pp. 23-29. Unit 16 (Mercator's Latin version of Theodore's creed) is a translation and is not part of this work.
SBL abbreviation
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Text from
Eduard Schwartz, ed., Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, vol. 1.5, Collectio Palatina (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1924-1926), pp. 23, 28-29 (Printed edition (Schwartz, 1924-1926) in the public domain in the United States)
Critical editions
Eduard Schwartz, ed., Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum 1.5 (1924-1926); Migne, PL 48 (Garnier's edition) (cited, not reproduced)