Dyophysite
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English
Etymology
From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοφυσῖται (duophusîtai), from δύο (dúo, “two”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Dyophysite (plural Dyophysites)
- (theology) Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 247:
- Monasteries among the Dyophysites were strengthened through the military success of the Sassanian Shah Khusrau II in areas of the Byzantine Empire along the eastern Mediterranean.
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Translations
someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ
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