Nestorianism

noun — 2 senses

Nestorianism

noun

Etymology From Nestorian + -ism.

1

Christianity 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

Broadly, Derogatory, Sometimes The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.

Related terms
Nestorian, Arianism, hypostatic union, monophysitism

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