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Monophysitism vs Monophysite - What's the difference?

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Monophysite is a related term of monophysitism.



In christianity terms the difference between monophysitism and monophysite

is that monophysitism is a Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity while 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.

As an adjective Monophysite is

describing the beliefs of a Μonophysite.

monophysitism

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Noun

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  • (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is , which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.

    • Synonyms

    * monophysism, Eutychianism

    Related terms

    * monophysite * monophysitic, monophysitical * copt * jacobite

    See also

    * Nestorianism * Arianism

    monophysite

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    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