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Diodore to Chrysostom: one teacher, two ends

The same teacher produced a saint and a man the Church condemned. Every box has a number, and the number opens the sentence it rests on.

Diodore to Chrysostom: one teacher, two endsDiodore of Tarsus taught Meletius of Antioch. Diodore of Tarsus taught St. John Chrysostom. Diodore of Tarsus taught Theodore of Mopsuestia. St. John Chrysostom to Nilus of Ancyra. St. John Chrysostom to St. Mark the Recluse. St. John Chrysostom to John Cassian. Each box has a numbered citation below.taughttaughttaughtDiodoreof Tarsuscondemned1Meletiusof Antiochwriter2St. JohnChrysostomsaint3Theodore ofMopsuestiacondemned4Nilus ofAncyrawriter5St. Mark theReclusesaint6John Cassianordained deaconwriter7
An arrow is drawn only where a cited sentence says it. Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia are marked condemned, as on every other page here; Theodore also appears in the diagram of Ephesus and Chalcedon. The glossary explains the terms; see also who taught whom.

The citations

  1. Diodore of Tarsus
    Teacher of the three; the chapter calls him the virtual parent of Nestorianism.

    “His disciples were Meletius of Antioch, John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

    “Diodore has been deemed the virtual parent of Nestorianism”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

    “Photius asserts that Diodore was formally condemned by the fifth ecumenical council”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

  2. Meletius of Antioch
    A disciple of Diodore.

    “His disciples were Meletius of Antioch, John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

  3. St. John Chrysostom
    A disciple of Diodore, and teacher of Nilus and of Mark.

    “His disciples were Meletius of Antioch, John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

  4. Theodore of Mopsuestia
    A disciple of Diodore; condemned.

    “His disciples were Meletius of Antioch, John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia”

    Read in Diodore of Tarsus.

    “He was condemned and ever since the Fifth General Council (Constantinople) in 553 he has been branded”

    Read in Theodore of Mopsuestia.

  5. Nilus of Ancyra
    A disciple of John Chrysostom.

    “He was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom”

    Read in Nilus of Ancyra.

  6. St. Mark the Recluse
    A disciple of John Chrysostom.

    “He was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom”

    Read in St. Mark the Recluse.

  7. John Cassian
    Ordained to the diaconate by John Chrysostom.

    “met St. John Chrysostom, who ordained him to the diaconate”

    Read in John Cassian.