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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 ...
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.
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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 departed from Cyril’s authentically patristic ...
miaphysitism. Severus of Antioch (born c. 465, Sozopolis, Pisidia, Asia Minor [near modern Konya, Turkey]—died 538, Xois, Egypt) was a Greek Christian monk - theologian, patriarch of Antioch, and miaphysite leader during the reigns of the Byzantine emperors Anastasius I (491–518) and Justinian I (527–565). His later ecclesiastical ...
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.
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 · PDF. 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.
