monophysitism
A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that…A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.
To claim that Jesus did not have human feelings amounts to monophysitism.
Monophysitismus
монофизи́тствоmonofizítstvo
a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
(derogatory, sometimes, uncountable)The beliefs and practices of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
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Origin
From Byzantine Greek μονοφυσιτισμός (monophusitismós), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + φύFrom Byzantine Greek μονοφυσιτισμός (monophusitismós), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), hence “belief in a single nature”.
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