Twelve Anathemas Proposed by Cyril and accepted by the Council of Ephesus

1

If anyone does not confess that Emmanuel is truly God and that the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God (Theotokos), for she bore in the flesh the Word of God made flesh, let him be anathema.

2

If anyone does not confess that the Word from God the Father is united by hypostasis with the flesh, forming one Christ who is both God and man, let him be anathema.

3

If anyone divides the one Christ into separate hypostases after the union, joining them only by dignity, authority, or power instead of a natural union, let him be anathema.

4

If anyone separates the scriptural expressions of Christ, attributing some to a mere man apart from the Word and others to God alone, instead of to the one divine Word, let him be anathema.

5

If anyone claims Christ was only a God-bearing man and not truly God, one Son by nature as “the Word became flesh,” partaking of blood and flesh like us, let him be anathema.

6

If anyone says that the Word was merely the God or master of Christ, rather than confessing Christ as one person who is both God and man, the Word made flesh, let him be anathema.

7

If anyone says that as man Jesus was moved by the Word and clothed with glory as a separate being, let him be anathema.

8

If anyone worships the assumed man separately alongside the divine Word as though distinct, instead of worshipping Emmanuel as one with one doxology, let him be anathema.

9

If anyone says Jesus performed miracles by the Spirit as if using a foreign power, instead of by his own proper Spirit, let him be anathema.

10

If anyone denies that the Word himself, when made flesh, became our high priest and apostle and offered himself as a sacrifice for us (and not for himself), let him be anathema.

11

If anyone denies that Christ’s flesh belongs to the Word of God and is life-giving, and instead claims it belongs to another united only by dignity or indwelling, let him be anathema.

12

If anyone does not confess that the Word of God suffered, was crucified, and died in the flesh—though as God he remains life and life-giving—let him be anathema.