[De articulis fidei]

as I will, but as Thou wilt," where another human will is manifestly posited in Christ, and another divine, which is common to the Father and the Son. The ninth error is of Nestorius, who posited that Christ was perfect God and perfect man, and yet said that the person of God was one, and the person of man was another, and that there was no union of God and man in one person of Christ, but only according to the indwelling of grace. Thus, he denies the Blessed Virgin to be the Mother of God, but says she is the mother of the man Christ. Against which it is said in the first of Luke: "That which shall be born of thee, holy, shall be called the Son of God." The tenth error is of Carpocrates, who is said to have thought the man Christ was born of both. Against which it is said in the first of Matthew: "Before they came together, she was found in the womb, having of the Holy Spirit." The eleventh error is of Helvidius, who says that after the Blessed Virgin brought forth Christ, she generated more sons from Joseph. Against which it is said in Ezekiel 44: "This gate shall be shut and shall not be opened, and a man shall not pass through it, because the Lord God has gone out through it." And against all these errors, it is said in the Apostles' Creed that the Son of God was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. And in the Nicene Creed it is said: "Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man."

The second article is concerning the passion and death of Christ. As the Lord Himself foretold, saying:

"Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified."

Against this article, first indeed, is the error of the Manichaeans, who, just as they assert the body of Christ was fantastic,