How do you use Nestorianism in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like heresy or unorthodoxy, plus the exact meaning.
Nestorianism in a sentence
Nestorianism meaning
- The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
- The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.
Synonyms of Nestorianism
Using Nestorianism
- The main meaning on this page is: The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human. | The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.
- Useful related words include: theological doctrine, heresy, unorthodoxy.
- In the example corpus, nestorianism often appears in combinations such as: that nestorianism.
Context around Nestorianism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nestorianism
- In this selection, "nestorianism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surrounding, split and holds stand out and add context to how "nestorianism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include argued that nestorianism split jesus and divided between nestorianism and jacobitism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nestorianism" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nestorianism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cyril argued that Nestorianism split Jesus in half and denied that he was both human and divine. (17 words)
Miaphysitism further In 451 the Council of Chalcedon was held to further clarify the christological issues surrounding Nestorianism. (18 words)
Bury, pg 249 Meanwhile, Syria and Mesopotamia were divided between Nestorianism and Jacobitism, while the religion of Armenia was wholly Cyrilline Non-Chalcedonian. (23 words)
Cyril had both theological and political reasons for attacking Nestorius; on top of feeling that Nestorianism was an error against true belief, he also wanted to denigrate the head of a competing patriarchate. (33 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)
Bury, pg 249 Meanwhile, Syria and Mesopotamia were divided between Nestorianism and Jacobitism, while the religion of Armenia was wholly Cyrilline Non-Chalcedonian. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
Bury, pg 249 Meanwhile, Syria and Mesopotamia were divided between Nestorianism and Jacobitism, while the religion of Armenia was wholly Cyrilline Non-Chalcedonian.
Cyril argued that Nestorianism split Jesus in half and denied that he was both human and divine.
Cyril had both theological and political reasons for attacking Nestorius; on top of feeling that Nestorianism was an error against true belief, he also wanted to denigrate the head of a competing patriarchate.
Miaphysitism further In 451 the Council of Chalcedon was held to further clarify the christological issues surrounding Nestorianism.
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.
Common combinations with nestorianism
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