Nestorianism

/ nɛˈstɔːrɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

the doctrine that Christ was two distinct persons, divine and human, implying a denial that the Virgin Mary was the mother of God. It is attributed to Nestorius and survives in the Iraqi Church

The Churches of the east were torn by quarrels as to Eutychianism and Nestorianism.

Like modern Jansenism, and unlike Nestorianism, the Monophysites were famous for their austerities.

Thus in 1771 the Armenian patriarch and all his people renounced Nestorianism and returned to the unity of the Church.

It is a mistake to suppose Adoptionism to be a mere resuscitation of Nestorianism.

There was a great stir among the monks, who were for the most part determined enemies of Nestorianism.

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