English Explanatory Dictionary

Nestorianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
  2. The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.

Word forms

Nestorianism Nestorianisms

Etymology

Nestorian + -ism.

Related words

Nestorian Arianism hypostatic union monophysitism
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