Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adherent of the doctrine that in the person of Jesus there was but a single, divine nature.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds that there is but one nature in Christ; more specifically, one of a sect which teaches that there is but one commingled or compound nature in Christ, partly divine and partly human, in contradistinction to the orthodox doctrine that by the incarnation two complete and perfect natures, the divine and the human, are united without confusion or mutation in the one person of Christ.
- Same as
Monophysitical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.
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- noun Christianity A member of an early
Christian sect which held that JesusChrist has onenature , as opposed to theorthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully man and fully God, and is co-eternal and co-substantial with theFather . - adjective Describing the
beliefs of a Μonophysite.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adherent of Monophysitism
- adjective of or relating to Monophysitism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfortunately, however, for his fame he became entangled in that most wearisome of theological debates, which is known as the Monophysite controversy.
Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872
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After Mass this morning, I motored down to Cowfold to talk to the Carthusians about the Monophysite heresy and the Council of Chalcedon.
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After Mass this morning, I motored down to Cowfold to talk to the Carthusians about the Monophysite heresy and the Council of Chalcedon.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Monophysite schism in Egypt following Council of Chalcedon; leads to persecution and martyrdom.
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It's also a well-known fact among hagiographers that SEVERAL saints who were technically Arian, Monophysite, or even schismatic-Orthodox have found their ways into the various Catholic calendars, with FULL permission by the Church universal.
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It is profitable, too, to reflect on the background against which St. Sophronius wrote: the Persian invasions that Emperor Heraclius repelled with desperate fighting, the Monophysite and Monothelite controversies within the Church, and the Moslem assault that placed the birthplace of Christianity under alien rule.
Lenten Weblog 2005
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It could be said that the Great Schism and for that matter the Nestorian and Monophysite heresies which produced the Lesser Eastern Churches -- Nestorian, Armenian, Coptic, Syrian, Ethiopian, and Indian owes its roots to clerical pride and jealousy, both Eastern and Western.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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It could be said that the Great Schism and for that matter the Nestorian and Monophysite heresies which produced the Lesser Eastern Churches -- Nestorian, Armenian, Coptic, Syrian, Ethiopian, and Indian owes its roots to clerical pride and jealousy, both Eastern and Western.
Looking Eastward? 2007
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But note my Apollinarian, Pelagian, and Monophysite tendencies; this is because I allow a bit of verbal leniency to certain of their formulas, as able to be taken in a completely orthodox sense. posted by Brandon | 10:18 PM
Chalcedon Compliant 2006
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The iconoclastic theologians has argued that the divine nature could not be circumscribed, and when one tries to depict Christ in his human nature, he depicts either a divided Nestorian Christ or a Monophysite Christ.
Homily for the Feast of St John Damascene Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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