Meanings
nounDyophysite (plural Dyophysites)
plural Dyophysites
- lifestyleSomeone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
Monasteries among the Dyophysites were strengthened through the military success of the Sassanian Shah Khusrau II in areas of the Byzantine Empire along the eastern Mediterranean.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 247
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Origin
- Ancient Greekδυοφυσῖται
- EnglishDyophysite
From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοφυσῖται (duophusîtai), from δύο (dúo, “two”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).
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French dyophysite
- dyophysitesomeone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ
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