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Nestorianism

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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) wordnet
  3. 3
    The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East. broadly, countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable

Etymology

From Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople (consecrated 428).

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