Miaphysitism
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Miaphysitism is a Christological doctrine, held by several Eastern Christian churches, that teaches Christ has one united nature that is both fully divine and fully human.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monophysitism | 12 |
| Miaphysite Christianity | 10 |
| Eutychianism | 8 |
| Miaphysitism canonical | 6 |
| Miaphysite Christology | 4 |
| Cyrillian Christology | 1 |
| Miaphysites | 1 |
| Miaphysitism (factions within the empire) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Miaphysitism Context triple: [Nestorianism, contrastsWith, Miaphysitism]
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Monothelitism
Monothelitism is a 7th-century Christian theological doctrine that claimed Christ had two natures but only a single divine will, later condemned as heresy by the Third Council of Constantinople.
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Nestorianism
Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine, historically deemed heretical by the mainstream church, that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ to the point of effectively positing two persons in Christ.
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Apollinarianism
Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
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Valentinianism
Valentinianism was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic movement, founded by Valentinus, that taught a complex cosmology of emanations and salvation through esoteric knowledge.
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E.
Modalism
Modalism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological view that understands the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or manifestations of one divine person rather than as three distinct persons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Miaphysitism Target entity description: Miaphysitism is a Christological doctrine, held by several Eastern Christian churches, that teaches Christ has one united nature that is both fully divine and fully human.
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A.
Monothelitism
Monothelitism is a 7th-century Christian theological doctrine that claimed Christ had two natures but only a single divine will, later condemned as heresy by the Third Council of Constantinople.
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B.
Nestorianism
Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine, historically deemed heretical by the mainstream church, that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ to the point of effectively positing two persons in Christ.
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C.
Apollinarianism
Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
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D.
Valentinianism
Valentinianism was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic movement, founded by Valentinus, that taught a complex cosmology of emanations and salvation through esoteric knowledge.
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E.
Modalism
Modalism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological view that understands the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or manifestations of one divine person rather than as three distinct persons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theology concept
ⓘ
Christological doctrine ⓘ theological doctrine ⓘ |
| acceptedBy |
Oriental Orthodoxy
ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox communion
|
| affirms |
full divinity of Christ
ⓘ
full humanity of Christ ⓘ |
| aimsToProtect |
reality of the Incarnation
ⓘ
unity of Christ's person ⓘ |
| associatedWithCouncil | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Dyophysitism
ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ |
| developedIn | 5th century ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Eutyches
ⓘ
surface form:
Eutychianism
|
| emphasizes | unity of Christ's nature ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Christological unity rather than duality of natures ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Miaphysitism
ⓘ
surface form:
Miaphysite Christology
Miaphysite doctrine ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalStatus | dogma in Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | from Greek 'mia' meaning 'one' and 'physis' meaning 'nature' ⓘ |
| heldBy |
Armenian Apostolic Church
ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
Alexandrian theology
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrian Christology
Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Cyril of Alexandria's formula 'one incarnate nature of the Word' ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Miaphysitism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Monophysitism
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| isOftenConfusedWith |
Miaphysitism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Monophysitism
|
| isPartOf |
Oriental Orthodoxy
ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox theology
|
| languageTradition | Greek theological terminology ⓘ |
| maintains |
without change of the divine and human in Christ
ⓘ
without confusion of the divine and human in Christ ⓘ without division of the divine and human in Christ ⓘ without separation of the divine and human in Christ ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ |
| regardsChristAs | one person with one composite nature ⓘ |
| rejectedAt | Council of Chalcedon ⓘ |
| rejectedBy |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
most Protestant churches ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ecumenical dialogues between Oriental Orthodox and Chalcedonian churches ⓘ |
| teaches |
Christ has one united nature
ⓘ
Christ is fully divine and fully human in one nature ⓘ |
| viewsDivineAndHuman | inseparably united in Christ ⓘ |
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