Dyophysite

//dʌɪˈɒfəzʌɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.

    "Monasteries among the Dyophysites were strengthened through the military success of the Sassanian Shah Khusrau II in areas of the Byzantine Empire along the eastern Mediterranean."

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"Monasteries among the Dyophysites were strengthened through the military success of the Sassanian Shah Khusrau II in areas of the Byzantine Empire along the eastern Mediterranean."

Etymology

From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοφυσῖται (duophusîtai), from δύο (dúo, “two”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).

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