Monophysitism

NOUN
  1. a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
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  • Newman's foray into Monophysitism, still operating from the hermeneutic established in his work on Arianism, helped to pave the way for his conversion.
  • Having concerned himself with Arianism and Monophysitism, the matter of the Donatist controversy was brought to his attention by his friend Robert Williams.
  • 4. Council of Chalcedon (451); repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism (the human nature subsumed in the one divine nature of Jesus) and delineated the two natures of Christ, human and divine. Notes from my CCU presentation
  • There is here neither Monophysitism nor Nestorianism, but an unconfused and undivided union of the church with the world.
  • New loyalties and new interests were reflected in a bitter religious dispute between Monophysitism - strong in Egypt and Syria - and the imperial orthodox doctrine.
  • If there were two wills, it seemed to lead back to Nestorianism; if there was but one, either the humanity was incomplete or the position led to virtual monophysitism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History
  • Since the eastern christian world (orthodoxy,monophysitism,koptism etc) never went through the lutheran ,calvinian,protestant ,in general, reform (and of course the relevant wars) Divided by a common language: Richard Dawkins clarifies his position - The Panda's Thumb
  • Second, I will show how Newman's foray into Monophysitism, still operating from the hermeneutic established in his work on Arianism, helped to pave the way for his conversion.
  • Besides monophysitism, Philoponus 'name is associated with the doctrine of tritheism. John Philoponus
  • Besides monophysitism, Philoponus 'name is associated with the doctrine of tritheism. John Philoponus
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