Nestorianism

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Christian theological position Christological doctrine heresy

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nestorian Christianity 6
Nestorian controversy 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological position ⓘ
Christological doctrine ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Church of the East

Nestorius ⓘ
category Christian heresy ⓘ
Christological controversy ⓘ
condemnedAt Council of Ephesus ⓘ
condemnedInYear 431 ⓘ
consideredHeresyBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

most Protestant churches ⓘ
contradictsDoctrine Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Theotokos
contrastsWith Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
surface form: Dyophysite orthodoxy of Chalcedon

Miaphysitism ⓘ
Miaphysitism ⓘ
surface form: Monophysitism

Christology ⓘ
surface form: hypostatic union
controversyLocation Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Ephesus ⓘ
coreClaim Christ exists as two distinct persons ⓘ
union of natures in Christ is moral or conjunctive rather than hypostatic ⓘ
denies single hypostasis of the incarnate Word as defined by later orthodoxy ⓘ
distinguishedFrom official Christology of the Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
emphasizes distinction between human and divine natures of Jesus Christ ⓘ
focusesOn relationship between Jesus’ humanity and divinity ⓘ
historicalCenter School of Antioch ⓘ
historicalPeriod 5th century ⓘ
historicalStatus condemned doctrine ⓘ
influenced Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Church of the East
languageOfFormulation Greek ⓘ
misattributedTo some later theologians of the Church of the East ⓘ
namedAfter Nestorius ⓘ
opposedBy Alexandrian theology ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian Christology

Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
posits two natures in Christ ⓘ
prefersTitle Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary as Christotokos
rejectsTitle Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary as Theotokos
relatedDebate use of the term Theotokos for Mary ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
spreadTo Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire
theologicalTradition Antiochene school of theology ⓘ
surface form: Antiochene Christology
viewOnChrist Christ’s human and divine natures are loosely united ⓘ
Christ’s human and divine natures retain separate centers of action ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

School of Edessa → associatedWith → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian controversy
Three Chapters → associatedWithHeresy → Nestorianism ⓘ
Third Ecumenical Council → condemned → Nestorianism ⓘ
Quicunque vult → condemns → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity
John of Antioch → involvedIn → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian controversy
Third Ecumenical Council → mainIssue → Nestorianism ⓘ
Nestorius → namesakeOf → Nestorianism ⓘ
Chalcedonian Definition → opposes → Nestorianism ⓘ
Incarnation of Christ → opposesHeresy → Nestorianism ⓘ
Apollinarianism → relatedTo → Nestorianism ⓘ
Chagatai Khanate → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity
Mongol Ilkhanate → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity
Tang dynasty → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity
Yuan dynasty → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity
Uyghurs → traditionalReligionHistory → Nestorianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity