Against the Nestorians

Contra Nestorianos · Mark the Monk (Marcus Eremita) · 5th c. (after 430) · other

Greek · domain: monastic · researched 2026-11-13

Why this is in the register

The standard English corpus translation, Mark the Monk: Counsels on the Spiritual Life, vols. 1-2 (trans. T. Vivian and A. Casiday; Popular Patristics 37, SVS Press, 2009), prints the letter to Nicholas, On the Spiritual Law, On those who imagine they are justified by works, On repentance, On fasting, The mind's advice to its own soul, On Melchizedek, the Disputation with an attorney, On the Incarnation and On holy baptism - but not Contra Nestorianos (HOLLIS table of contents, record 990122152370203941). A HOLLIS search for 'Mark the Hermit Nestorians' returns only O. Hesse's German rendering (Asketische und dogmatische Schriften, 1985) and an 1895 monograph; no English translation was located.

The anti-Nestorian treatise was recovered by P. Kerameus in 1891 and is listed as the tenth work in the traditional corpus (Wikipedia, 'Marcus Eremita', citing PG 65, 893-1140 for the other opuscula). Migne prints the ascetic opuscula but not this treatise, so no public-domain Greek text is cited here.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: open scan — 1 candidate(s). This is the editio princeps and still the only edition of the tract (PG 65 prints the ascetic opuscula but not this work — 065_hocr_searchtext.txt.gz's 34 'Nestor' hits all belong to other authors, e.g. Cyril's letters). The printed title of the edition is the manuscript inscription 'πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας μὴ ἑνῶσθαι τὴν ἁγίαν σάρκα τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ τοῦ Λόγου', for which 'Contra Nestorianos' is the conventional label. Hesse's German rendering (Asketische und dogmatische Schriften, 1985) is in copyright.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Mark the Monk Against the Nestorians — 7 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Sources checked

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Eremita
• HOLLIS search — Mark the Hermit Nestorians
• HOLLIS search — Mark the Monk counsels spiritual life
• https://svspress.com/counsels-on-the-spiritual-life-volumes-one-and-two-mark-the-monk/

Cite: Tergwame, “Against the Nestorians” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-mark-contra-nestorianos