Miaphysite
/mɪˈafɪsʌɪt/ /mʌɪˈafɪsʌɪt/Church History
adjective
Of or relating to the doctrine that in the person of Jesus there is either a single divine nature, or one inseparable nature, partly divine, and partly (subordinately) human; designating a Church professing this doctrine, or a person belonging to such a Church; = Monophysite.
- The doctrine of a single divine nature was associated with Eutyches (375–454), and was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon (451).The term has frequently been used more widely of members of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syrian), and is more acceptable to them than the term Monophysite (a term bestowed on them by Chalcedonian Christians), since the phrase mia physis (one or single nature) was used by one of their most honoured theologians, St Cyril of Alexandria..
noun
A person who holds that in the person of Jesus there is either a single divine nature, or one inseparable nature, partly divine, and partly (subordinately) human; = Monophysite.
Origin
1990s. From ancient Greek μία (feminine) one + English -physite, after German miaphysitisch, adjective, Miaphysit, noun.