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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
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noun
the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heresy, unorthodoxy, theological doctrine
History
Etymology tree English Nestorian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Nestorianism From Nestorian + -ism.
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