miaphysite
Speech parts
1. miaphysite - Noun
2. miaphysite - Adjective
Meaning
miaphysite (not comparable)
(theology) Of or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ has a single, though composite, nature.
miaphysite (plural miaphysites)
A believer in Miaphysitism, (specifically) a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
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Aftermath further Christological spectrum during the 5th-7th centuries showing the views of The Church of the East (light blue), Miaphysite (light red) and the western churches i.e. Eastern Orthodox and Catholic (light purple).
Dioscorus appealed to the counciliar fathers to allow for a more Miaphysite interpretation of Christology at the council, but was denied.
It included a call to oriental communities adhering to Miaphysite theology to return to the Catholic Church.
The Oriental Orthodox rejected this and subsequent councils and to date consider themselves to be miaphysite.
This resulted in the miaphysite slogan "One Nature united out of two" being used to encapsulate the theological position of this Alexandrian bishop.