Nestorianism

/ nɛˈstɔːrɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. 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

Other Word Forms

• Nestorian noun

Example Sentences

Islam was preceded by Christianity, which, as attested by the authentic inscription of Si-ngan-fu, penetrated into the western provinces under the form of Nestorianism about the seventh century.

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And while Monophysites or their favourers occupied the Churches of the Eastern Empire, Nestorianism was making progress in the territories beyond it.

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It was not properly a question respecting the faith, but whether certain writings, then a hundred years old, were or were not favourable to Nestorianism.

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Pulcheria throughout was opposed to Nestorianism, as to every doctrine which flavored of Greek metaphysics, while Eudocia is credited with being an advocate of the new doctrine.

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The original ebionitism had died away, but its spirit and central doctrine reappeared in Nestorianism.

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