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单词 Monophysite
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Definition of Monophysite in English:

Monophysite

noun məˈnɒfɪsʌɪtməˈnɑfəˌsaɪt
Christian Theology
  • A person who holds that there is only one inseparable nature (partly divine, partly and subordinately human) in the person of Christ.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He drew a distinction between Eutyches, who was condemned for teaching one, rather than two, natures in Christ, and the Monophysites.
    • One of the attempts made on the Chalcedonian side to produce a formula acceptable to the Monophysites was Monothelitism: the teaching that although there are two natures in Christ, there is only one proper activity.
    • The Copts have been known ever since to the Chalcedonians as Monophysites (from monos, meaning ‘one,’ and physis, meaning ‘nature’).
    • The situation of the Monophysites, who defied a General Council of the undivided, apostolic church, marked them as heretics.
    • Taken in conjunction with my later discussion of his work on the Monophysites, it will show how Newman's historical work was a recurring and important influence on his theological work.

Derivatives

  • Monophysitism

  • nounmɒnə(ʊ)fɪˈsɪtɪz(ə)mməˈnɑfəˌsaɪtˌɪzəm
    Christian Theology
    • There is here neither Monophysitism nor Nestorianism, but an unconfused and undivided union of the church with the world.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Just as Newman felt liberal politics was out to use the church for political expediency, he also saw this as an element of Monophysitism.
      • Having concerned himself with Arianism and Monophysitism, the matter of the Donatist controversy was brought to his attention by his friend Robert Williams.
      • Newman's foray into Monophysitism, still operating from the hermeneutic established in his work on Arianism, helped to pave the way for his conversion.
      • New loyalties and new interests were reflected in a bitter religious dispute between Monophysitism - strong in Egypt and Syria - and the imperial orthodox doctrine.

Origin

Late 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monophusitēs, from monos 'single' + phusis 'nature'.

 
 

Definition of Monophysite in US English:

Monophysite

nounməˈnäfəˌsītməˈnɑfəˌsaɪt
Christian Theology
  • A person who holds that in the person of Jesus Christ there is only one nature (wholly divine or only subordinately human), not two.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Copts have been known ever since to the Chalcedonians as Monophysites (from monos, meaning ‘one,’ and physis, meaning ‘nature’).
    • The situation of the Monophysites, who defied a General Council of the undivided, apostolic church, marked them as heretics.
    • Taken in conjunction with my later discussion of his work on the Monophysites, it will show how Newman's historical work was a recurring and important influence on his theological work.
    • One of the attempts made on the Chalcedonian side to produce a formula acceptable to the Monophysites was Monothelitism: the teaching that although there are two natures in Christ, there is only one proper activity.
    • He drew a distinction between Eutyches, who was condemned for teaching one, rather than two, natures in Christ, and the Monophysites.

Origin

Late 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monophusitēs, from monos ‘single’ + phusis ‘nature’.

 
 
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