Nestorius

[ne-stawr-ee-uh s, -stohr-]

noun

died a.d. 451?, Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.

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To settle this quarrel Nestorius demands a council and obtains it.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal,
Various
Acacius, bishop of Melitene, endeavoured to convert Nestorius.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16)
Sabine Baring-Gould
He also was indefatigable in persecuting Nestorius, an alleged heretic.
Curiosities of Christian History
Croake James
The opinions of Nestorius, and the council which condemned them, were the same in effect.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Isaac Disraeli
He had been a monk of the Christian sect called Nestorians from Nestorius their leader.
Notes On The Apocalypse
David Steele

British Dictionary definitions for nestorius

Nestorius

noun

died ?451 ad, Syrian churchman; patriarch of Constantinople (428–431); deposed for heresy by the Council of Ephesus

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