Nestorian

[ ne-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr- ]

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noun

one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word Nestoriānus. See Nestorius, -an

At the time, we were endeavouring to give the local Nestorian clergy a weeks instruction in matters pastoral and devotional.

The scandals there referred to, however, are quite absent from the modern Nestorian Church.

It is very probable that a part of the military sent to conquer Japan, were commanded by Nestorian officers.

Scott knew little of Homer, but coincided in the Nestorian humour by mere congruity of genius.

A clear light is thrown upon the matter by the history of the Pelagian, Nestorian, and Eutychian heresies.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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