Chalcedony vs Monophysite - What's the difference?
chalcedony | monophysite |
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
(Christianity) A member of an early Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has one nature, as opposed to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully man and fully God, and is co-eternal and co-substantial with the Father.
Describing the beliefs of a ?onophysite.
* It followed that however orthodox the Emperor might desire to be, he was forced, if he was a wise man, to take account of the strong bodies of monophysite''' opinion, which were to be found in Constantinople, in Mesopotamia, in Syria and in Egypt.'' - '''1957 H. A. L. Fisher ''A history of Europe Edward Arnold publishers p135.
As nouns the difference between chalcedony and monophysite
is that chalcedony is a form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally while monophysite is (monophysite).As an adjective monophysite is
(monophysite).chalcedony
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