Monophysites

Mo·noph·y·site (m

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n. Christianity

An adherent of the doctrine that in the person of Jesus there was but a single, divine nature. Coptic and Syrian Christians profess this doctrine.

[Late Latin monophysta, from Late Greek monophusts : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek phusis, nature; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]

Mo·nophy·site, Mo·nophy·sitic (-s

k) adj.

Mo·nophy·sitism n.

Monophysite [mɒˈnɒfɪˌsaɪt] Christianity

(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a person who holds that there is only one nature in the person of Christ, which is primarily divine with human attributes

adj

(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) of or relating to this belief

[via Church Latin from Late Greek, from mono- + phusis nature]

Monophysitic [ˌmɒnəʊfɪˈsɪtɪk] adj

Monophysitism n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	Monophysite - an adherent of Monophysitism adherent, disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Adj.	1.	Monophysite - of or relating to Monophysitism Monophysitic

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The Global Anglicans Future Conference, being able to affirm only four of the seven ecumenical councils, by which Christian orthodoxy has been defined for 1,500 years, shows itself heterodox: Monophysites, monothelites, or nestorians?

Orthodox, progressive by Elms, Ford / Anglican Journal

Monophysites A century later, Arianism, exacerbated by Nestorianism, mutated into Monophysitism, the doctrine that the Incarnate Christ had but a single nature, the divine, as opposed to the orthodox teaching of a divine-human duality.

Later heresies by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight

Unlike Justinian, Theodora did not revere the Papacy in distant Rome and defended the Monophysites.

The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian by Contemporary Review

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