On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Monophysitism. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as heresy or unorthodoxy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Monophysitism in a sentence
Monophysitism meaning
- A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.
- The beliefs and practices of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
Synonyms of Monophysitism
Using Monophysitism
- The main meaning on this page is: A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine. | The beliefs and practices of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
- Useful related words include: theological doctrine, heresy, unorthodoxy.
Context around Monophysitism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monophysitism
- In this selection, "monophysitism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, regards, regarding, considered and holds stand out and add context to how "monophysitism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always considered monophysitism to be and and human monophysitism holds that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monophysitism" sits close to words such as aardwolf, aargau and abacos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monophysitism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Non-Chalcedonians hold the position of miaphysitism (sometimes called monophysitism by their opponents). (14 words)
Nevertheless, the Oriental Orthodox churches refuse to accept the decrees of the Council regarding monophysitism. (15 words)
A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism ("one nature"), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature. (25 words)
His fully divine nature is united with His fully human nature yet without mixing, blending or alteration" citation These Churches claim that this latter teaching has been misunderstood as monophysitism - an appellation with which they strongly disagree. (37 words)
Before the current positive era of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox dialogues, Chalcedonians sometimes used to call the non-Chalcedonians " monophysites ", though the Coptic Orthodox Church in reality regards monophysitism as a heresy. (32 words)
Where Nestorianism holds that Christ had two loosely united natures, divine and human, monophysitism holds that he had but a single nature, his human nature being absorbed into his divinity. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism ("one nature"), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature.
Before the current positive era of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox dialogues, Chalcedonians sometimes used to call the non-Chalcedonians " monophysites ", though the Coptic Orthodox Church in reality regards monophysitism as a heresy.
His fully divine nature is united with His fully human nature yet without mixing, blending or alteration" citation These Churches claim that this latter teaching has been misunderstood as monophysitism - an appellation with which they strongly disagree.
Monophysitism is contrasted to dyophysitism (or dia-, dio-, or duophysitism) which maintains that Christ maintained two natures, one divine and one human, after the Incarnation.
Nevertheless, the Oriental Orthodox churches refuse to accept the decrees of the Council regarding monophysitism.
The Chalcedonian churches have always considered monophysitism to be heretical and have generally viewed it as the (explicit or implicit) position of the Oriental Orthodox churches.
The Non-Chalcedonians hold the position of miaphysitism (sometimes called monophysitism by their opponents).
The term Monophysitism of which Eutychianism is one type, held that the human and divine natures of Christ were fused into one new single (mono) nature.
Where Nestorianism holds that Christ had two loosely united natures, divine and human, monophysitism holds that he had but a single nature, his human nature being absorbed into his divinity.