WebToday, the Monophysite ‘family’ of sects call themselves by the following names (misappropriating the name ‘Orthodox’ which always meant ‘rightly-believing or rightly-glorifying’ Christians): 1. ‘Armenian Orthodox’ - Most Armenians followed Eutyches of Constantinople (5th c.) who originated the Monophysite heresy; 2. WebMonophysites. Encyclopedias. (Greek: monos, single; physis, nature) An heretical sect which arose in the 5th century, teaching that there was but one nature in Christ, as a reaction …

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

WebMacedonianism, also called Pneumatomachian heresy, a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full personhood and divinity of the Holy Spirit. According to this heresy, the Holy Spirit was created by the Son and was thus subordinate to the Father and the Son. (In orthodox Trinitarian theology, God is one in essence but three in persons—Father, Son, … The forms of monophysism were numerous, and included the following: • Acephali were Monophysites who in 482 broke away from Peter III of Alexandria who made an agreement with Acacius of Constantinople, sanctioned by Emperor Zeno with his Henotikon edict that condemned both Nestorius and Eutyches, as the Council of Chalcedon had done, but ignored that council's decree on the two natures of Christ. They saw this as a betrayal of S. Cyrils use of "… galaga start screen

Heresy Definition, History, & Examples Britannica

WebNestorius, (born 4th century ce, Germanicia, Syria Euphratensis, Asia Minor [now Maras, Turkey]—died c. 451, Panopolis, Egypt), early bishop of Constantinople whose views on the nature and person of Christ led to the calling of the Council of Ephesus in 431 and to Nestorianism, one of the major Christian heresies. A few small Nestorian churches still … WebThe circumstances of the case of St. Athanasius are fully explained in the first chapter of the second volume of my history of Christendom, The Building Of Christendom, which may be … WebThe Monophysites were habitually represented by their Catholic opponents as denying all reality to the human nature of Christ after the union. This was perhaps a logical deduction from some of their language, but it was far from being the … black bears brawl