Etymology

hypostatic union

Today it means: In Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica ← Medieval Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν
  2. Ecclesiastical Latin · calque ofūniō hypostatica
  3. English todayhypostatic union

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica, from Medieval Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν (hénōsis kath’ hupóstasin, literally “union according to the hypostasis”).

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