Nestorianism

Nestorianism, the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, rather than as a unified person, is identified with Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, although he himself denied holding this belief. Conflict over this view, which was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, led to the Nestorian schism, separating the Assyrian Church of the East from the Byzantine Church.

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Christian - Doctrine - Jesus - Nestorius - 386 - 451 - Patriarch of Constantinople - Council of Ephesus - 431 - Nestorian schism - Assyrian Church of the East - Byzantine Church

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The Assyrian Church of the East, commonly described as Nestorian, does not teach Nestorianism, but rather the view of Babai the Great, that Christ has two qnome (essences) which are unmingled and eternally united in one parsopa (personality). The origin of the confusion is mostly historical and linguistic: for example, the Greeks had two words for 'person', which translated poorly into Syriac, and the meaning of these terms were not even quite settled during Nestorius's lifetime.

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Assyrian Church of the East - Babai the Great - Greeks - Syriac

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