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Definition of Monophysite in English: Monophysitenoun məˈnɒfɪsʌɪtməˈnɑfəˌsaɪt Christian Theology A person who holds that there is only one inseparable nature (partly divine, partly and subordinately human) in the person of Christ. 〔基督教神学〕基督一性论者(主张基督只有一个不可分割的本性,部分为神,较次部分为人) Example sentencesExamples - He drew a distinction between Eutyches, who was condemned for teaching one, rather than two, natures in Christ, and the Monophysites.
- One of the attempts made on the Chalcedonian side to produce a formula acceptable to the Monophysites was Monothelitism: the teaching that although there are two natures in Christ, there is only one proper activity.
- The Copts have been known ever since to the Chalcedonians as Monophysites (from monos, meaning ‘one,’ and physis, meaning ‘nature’).
- The situation of the Monophysites, who defied a General Council of the undivided, apostolic church, marked them as heretics.
- Taken in conjunction with my later discussion of his work on the Monophysites, it will show how Newman's historical work was a recurring and important influence on his theological work.
OriginLate 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monophusitēs, from monos 'single' + phusis 'nature'. Definition of Monophysite in US English: Monophysitenounməˈnäfəˌsītməˈnɑfəˌsaɪt Christian Theology A person who holds that in the person of Jesus Christ there is only one nature (wholly divine or only subordinately human), not two. 〔基督教神学〕基督一性论者(主张基督只有一个不可分割的本性,部分为神,较次部分为人) Example sentencesExamples - The Copts have been known ever since to the Chalcedonians as Monophysites (from monos, meaning ‘one,’ and physis, meaning ‘nature’).
- The situation of the Monophysites, who defied a General Council of the undivided, apostolic church, marked them as heretics.
- Taken in conjunction with my later discussion of his work on the Monophysites, it will show how Newman's historical work was a recurring and important influence on his theological work.
- One of the attempts made on the Chalcedonian side to produce a formula acceptable to the Monophysites was Monothelitism: the teaching that although there are two natures in Christ, there is only one proper activity.
- He drew a distinction between Eutyches, who was condemned for teaching one, rather than two, natures in Christ, and the Monophysites.
OriginLate 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monophusitēs, from monos ‘single’ + phusis ‘nature’. |