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Monophysite vs Dyophysite - What's the difference?

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Dyophysite is a antonym of monophysite.



As nouns the difference between monophysite and dyophysite

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 Dyophysite is someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.

As an adjective Monophysite

is describing the beliefs of a Μonophysite.

monophysite

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

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

    dyophysite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (theology) Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 247:
  • *: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.

    • Antonyms

    *Miaphysite, Monophysite