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Monophysite vs Jacobite - What's the difference?

monophysite | jacobite |

As nouns the difference between monophysite and jacobite

is that monophysite is 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 while Jacobite is a supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century.

As an adjective Monophysite

is describing the beliefs of a Μonophysite.

monophysite

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.

    • See also

    * monophysitism * * Arianism * Nestorianism

    jacobite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia Jacobite) (en noun)
  • A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century
    • (Macaulay)
  • (religion) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites led by (Jacob Baradaeus) in the sixth century.

    • Related terms

    * Jacobitism