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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Nestorianism canonical	27
Nestorian Christianity	22
Nestorian controversy	2
Nestorian Christology	1

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 (52)

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

Incarnation of Christ → opposesHeresy → Nestorianism ⓘ

Silk Road routes → facilitatedSpreadOf → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Quicunque vult → condemns → Nestorianism ⓘ

Tang dynasty → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Mongol Ilkhanate → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

School of Edessa → associatedWith → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian controversy

Chalcedonian Definition → opposes → Nestorianism ⓘ

Apollinarianism → relatedTo → Nestorianism ⓘ

Third Ecumenical Council → mainIssue → Nestorianism ⓘ

Third Ecumenical Council → condemned → Nestorianism ⓘ

John of Antioch → involvedIn → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian controversy

Second Council of Ephesus → doctrineAddressed → Nestorianism ⓘ

Nestorius → namesakeOf → Nestorianism ⓘ

Three Chapters controversy → theologicalContext → Nestorianism ⓘ

Three Chapters → associatedWithHeresy → Nestorianism ⓘ

Uyghurs → traditionalReligionHistory → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Chagatai Khanate → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Yuan dynasty → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Antiochene school of theology → influenced → Nestorianism ⓘ

Seven Ecumenical Councils → opposedHeresy → Nestorianism ⓘ

Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten → opposes → Nestorianism ⓘ

Letters to Nestorius → opposesDoctrine → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christology

Anathemas against Nestorius → opposesDoctrineOf → Nestorianism ⓘ

Sogdians → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Christ exists as two distinct persons → centralAssertionOf → Nestorianism ⓘ

Christ exists as two distinct persons → hasTheologicalTradition → Nestorianism ⓘ

School of Antioch → influenced → Nestorianism ⓘ

Miaphysitism → contrastsWith → Nestorianism ⓘ

Turpan → religionHistoricallyPresent → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Sorghaghtani Beki → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

hypostatic union → opposedBy → Nestorianism ⓘ

Old Uyghur alphabet → associatedReligion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Church of the Roman Empire → hadConflictWith → Nestorianism ⓘ

Henotikon → rejectedDoctrine → Nestorianism ⓘ

Emperor Wuzong of Tang → opposedReligion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Philoxenus of Mabbug → opponentOf → Nestorianism ⓘ

Karluk tribes → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Latrocinium of Ephesus → hasTheologicalContext → Nestorianism ⓘ

Dioscorus of Alexandria → opposedDoctrine → Nestorianism ⓘ

Bazaar of Heracleides → associatedWith → Nestorianism ⓘ

Chalcedonian Christianity → rejects → Nestorianism ⓘ

Silk Road cultural sphere → religionTransmitted → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Theodoret of Cyrrhus → wroteAbout → Nestorianism ⓘ

court of Kublai Khan → religionsPresent → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Almaliq → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Great Yuan → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Qara Khitai → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Ilkhan → religionOfOfficeHolders → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Da Yuan → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Jochid → religion → Nestorianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorian Christianity