Monophysite
Americannoun
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a person who maintains that Christ has one, wholly divine nature, or in certain interpretations that this one divine nature is inclusive of Christ’s subordinate humanity; an adherent of Monophysitism.
noun
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a person who holds that there is only one nature in the person of Christ, which is primarily divine with human attributes
adjective
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of or relating to this belief
Other Word Forms
- Monophysism noun
- Monophysitic adjective
- Monophysitical adjective
- Monophysitism noun
Etymology
Origin of Monophysite
First recorded in 1690–1700; from Late Latin monophysīta, from Late Greek monophysī́tēs, equivalent to Greek mono- mono- + phýs(is) “nature” + -ītēs -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Some believed he was both fully divine and fully human—the Dyophysite position—while others believed Jesus’s humanity was inseparable from his divinity—the Monophysite position.
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The Monophysite position dominated in Egypt, but the council decreed it heretical, triggering a schism that brought the ejection of monks and church members throughout Egypt.
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By the thirteenth century, Monophysite Christianity was well- established in northeastern Africa.
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By the eighth century, following the direction of the patriarch of Alexandria, the Coptic Church had uniformly adopted Monophysite Christianity and was flourishing in the upper reaches of the Nile valley.
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The Nubians were converted from heathenism by Monophysite missionaries; and in Armenia the church exchanged the Catholic doctrine for the Monophysite in the sixth century.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie
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