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Monophysitism


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A person who holds that there is only one inseparable nature (partly divine, partly and subordinately human) in the person of Christ, contrary to a declaration of the Council of Chalcedon (451).

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Monophysites
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 131 words
monophysite
in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev) Length: 53 words
Monophysite
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 33 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 221 words

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