Nestorius
[ne-stawr-ee-uh s, -stohr-]
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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.
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 HistoryCroake 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 ApocalypseDavid Steele
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