ACTISTETES. - This was the name given to the members of a Monophysite sect closely related to Julianism or Aphthartodocetism (v. AFTARTODOCETI). The A. ('Ακτιστήται, or rather, 'Αλτιστήται) are known only through the 4 or 5 lines that the priest Timothy of Constantinople devoted to them in his pamphlet De receptione haereticorum: PG 136, 4. The Orthodox gave them this name, which is a true and proper nickname, because of the fact that they held the flesh of Christ to be not only incorruptible, but also uncreated (ἀκτιστος). They had reached this conclusion because, anxious not to divide Christ, they did not wish to take into account his two natures after their union, and still less their properties, and they considered everything in function of the person of the Word, which is in fact uncreated. The A. left no trace whatsoever in history, and none of them passed into posterity (v. also MONOPHYSITES).
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Heresies & schisms
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Jugie, Martino. “Actistèti.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 258–259. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/actisteti.
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Jugie, Martino. “Actistèti.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 258–259. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/actisteti.
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@incollection{ec1_actisteti,
author = {Jugie, Martino},
title = {Actistèti},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {258--259},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/actisteti}
}
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