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- From miaphysite + -ism, a modern coinage from Byzantine Greek μία (mía, “one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature, substance”), referring in particular to the formula of Cyril of Alexandria, “one incarnate nature of the Word”, μία φύσις τοῦ Λόγου σεσαρκωμένη (mía phúsis toû Lógou sesarkōménē).
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hide. Beginning. References. 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.
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The term "miaphysitism" arose as a response to Nestorianism. As Nestorianism had its roots in the Antiochene tradition and was opposed by the Alexandriantradition, Christians in Syria and Egypt who wanted to distance themselves from the extremes of Nestorianism and wished to uphold the integrity of their theological position adopted this term to ex...
As stated, the Churches of the Oriental Orthodox Communion, while sometimes called monophysite, vehemently reject that label. These include the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church (including the British Orthodox Church which is under the Patriarch of Alexandria), the Ethiopia...
The second meaning of the term is much wider, and relates to a set of later theological teachings, that were traditionally labeled as Nestorian, but differ from the teachings of Nestorius in origin, scope and terminology. The Oxford English Dictionary defines Nestorianism as:
May 8, 2016 · The critically important phrase which St. Cyril of Alexandria uses in his early Christological doctrine, Mia physis tou theou logou sesarkomene (One enfleshed nature (physis) of God the Word), is one that the Non-Chalcedonian (Oriental) Orthodox Churches return to with great insistence, as part of their historic position that Chalcedon 451 depar...
The Armenian Apostolic Church is "seen by many as the custodian of Armenian national identity." "Beyond its role as a religious institution, the Apostolic Church has traditionally been seen as the foundational core in the development of the Armenian national identity as God's uniquely chosen people."
- 9,000,000 (self-reported)
- c. 1st century, Kingdom of Armenia
Dyophysitism ( / daɪˈɒfəsaɪtɪzəm /; [2] from Greek: δυοφυσιτισμός "two natures") is the Christological position that Jesus Christ is one person of one substance and one hypostasis, with two distinct, inseparable natures, divine and human. [3] . It is related to the doctrine of the hypostatic union.
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 ...
