Editing Nestorius (section)

=== ''Bazaar of Heracleides'' ===
In 1895, a 16th-century book manuscript containing a copy of a text written by Nestorius was discovered by American missionaries in the library of the Nestorian patriarch in the mountains at [[Qudshanis]], [[Hakkari (historical region)|Hakkari]]. This book had suffered damage during [[Muslim]] conquests but was substantially intact, and copies were taken secretly. The Syriac translation had the title of the ''Bazaar of Heracleides''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tertullian.org/fathers#Nestorius |title=Early Church Fathers – Additional Works in English Translation unavailable elsewhere online}}</ref> The original 16th-century manuscript was destroyed in 1915 during the [[Assyrian genocide|Turkish and Kurdish genocide of Assyrian Christians]]. Edition of this work is primarily to be attributed to the German scholar, [[Friedrich Loofs]], of [[Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg|Halle University]].

In the ''Bazaar'', written about 450, Nestorius denies the heresy for which he was condemned and instead affirms of Christ "the same one is twofold" — an expression that some consider similar to the formulation of the [[Council of Chalcedon]]. Nestorius' earlier surviving writings, however, including his letter written in response to [[Cyril of Alexandria]]'s charges against him, contain material that has been interpreted by some to imply that at that time he held that Christ had two persons. Others view this material as merely emphasising the distinction between how the pre-incarnate [[Logos]] is the Son of God and how the incarnate [[Immanuel|Emmanuel]], including his physical body, is truly called the Son of God.{{sfn|Hodgson|Driver|1925|p=}}