Pope John II (III) of Alexandria

Pope

John II of Alexandria
Pope; John II of Alexandria
Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Saint Mark's Church

Pope John II (III) of Alexandria, was the

30th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark

.

He is counted as John III by the Eastern Orthodox Church, which acknowledges John Talaia as John I, but as John II by the Copts who reject Talaia. He is sometimes called John Niciota after his birthplace of Nicius.

He was a monk who lived a solitary life in the desert until he was consecrated

Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria

on 29 May 505.

He was famous for authoring many hagiographical writings and sermons.

He was a contemporary of the

non-Chalcedonian churches, and of Severus of Antioch, the champion of Miaphysitism

in Syria. The latter wrote a message to John regarding the nature of Christ, which reads:

Pope Dioscorus
.

John replied with a message that testified to the union of the essence of God, and the trinity of His characters. He also proclaimed that by the incarnation of the eternal Son of God, the Divine and the human nature have become one and no longer two natures, without separation, mingling, or confusion. He anathematized those who separate the two natures, those who confuse them and those who said that the suffering crucified

Christ

was only a man, and those who say that His Divine nature also suffered and died. He said that the Orthodox faith was to profess that God the word suffered by the flesh with which he was united.

References

"John III of Nicaea (505–516)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
البابا يوأنس الثاني [Pope John II] (in Arabic). Official website of St. Takla Haymanot's Church. Retrieved 2011-02-13.

Preceded by John I (II)	Coptic Pope 505–516	Succeeded by Dioscorus II
	Patriarch of Alexandria 505–516