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Miaphysitism ( / maɪˈæfɪsaɪtɪzəm, miː -/ [1]) is the Christological doctrine that holds Jesus, the " Incarnate Word, is fully divine and fully human, in one 'nature' ( physis )." [2] It is a position held by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and differs from the Chalcedonian position that Jesus is one "person" ( Greek: ὑπόστασις ...
Monophysitism ( / məˈnɒfɪsaɪtɪzəm / mə-NOF-ih-seye-tih-zəm [1]) or monophysism ( / məˈnɒfɪzɪzəm / mə-NOF-ih-zih-zəm; from Greek μόνος monos, "solitary" [2] and φύσις physis, "nature") is a Christology that states that in the person of the incarnated Word (that is, in Jesus Christ) there was only one nature—the ...
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Aug 21, 2013 · Miaphysitism (sometimes called henophysitism) is the Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. Miaphysitism holds that in the one person of Jesus Christ, Divinity and Humanity are united in one "nature" ("physis"), the two being united without separation, without confusion, and without alteration.
…a doctrinal position known as miaphysitism, which holds that both divinity and humanity are equally present within a single (hence the Greek prefix mia-) nature in the person of Christ. When the Georgian church broke away from the Armenians and reunited with Eastern Orthodoxy in the early 7th century, the…
Jun 8, 2021 · Miaphysitism is the idea that Christ has a single united nature that is both human and divine. This idea is rooted in the works of Cyril of Alexandria. Many Miaphysites were opposed to the theology articulated at the 451 council of Chalcedon and the Miaphysite churches in the Roman East gradually evolved a distinctive identity over the course ...
Nov 25, 2011 · Tools. Share. Abstract. Miaphysite means “one nature” (Greek, mia = one; physite = nature) and refers to the one‐nature Christology of Cyril of Alexandria articulated in his famous dictum, “one nature of God the Word Incarnate.” The miaphysites base their Christology on the theology of both Cyril and his predecessor Athanasius.
Miaphysitism (or henophysitism) is an idea about the nature of Christ. The idea says that Jesus Christ had two different aspects, one godly, and one human. It says these two aspects are united in one nature. They are indistinguishable, and they co-exist.
