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Alternative letter-case form of monophysitism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, historical
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noun
A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Christianity
Synonyms: monophysism
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noun
The beliefs and practices of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heresy, unorthodoxy, theological doctrine
History
From Byzantine Greek μονοφυσιτισμός (monophusitismós), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), hence “belief in a single nature”.
Across languages
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