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NestorianNestorian Nes*to"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the
fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining
that the divine and the human natures were not merged into
one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that
it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one
of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in
Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in
existence. opposed to Eutychian. Nestorian
Nestorian Nes*to"ri*an, a.
1. Of or relating to the Nestorians.
2. relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and
counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced;
aged; as, Nestorian caution.
Meaning of Nestorian from wikipedia
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Nestorianism is a term used in
Christian theology and
Church history to
refer to
several mutually related but
doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings....
- the
Persian Church, the ****yrian Church, the
Babylonian Church or the
Nestorian Church, is one of
three major branches of
Nicene Eastern Christianity...
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Nestorian relates to
Nestorianism, a
Christological doctrine developed by Nestorius,
leading to the
Nestorian controversy and
Nestorian Schism; it was...
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Nestorian headstone Nestorian cross found in
China Nestorian cross found in
China Two
Nestorian crosses found in
China The
cross from the
Nestorian Stele...
- The
Nestorian schism (431) was a
split between the
Christian churches of S****anid Persia,
which affiliated with Nestorius, and
those that
later became...
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Stele (Chinese: 景教碑; pinyin: Jǐngjiào bēi),
sometimes translated as the "
Nestorian Stele," is a Tang
Chinese stele erected in 781 that do****ents 150 years...
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their attitude regarding the
Council of
Ephesus (431),
which condemned Nestorianism, and the
Council of
Chalcedon (451),
which condemned Monophysitism. Those...
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Christological terminology. The
Nestorian nature of ****yrian
Christianity remains a
matter of contention.
Elements of
Nestorian doctrine were
explicitly repudiated...
- and his teachings.
Following the
Nestorian schism and the
relocation of many
Nestorian Christians to Persia,
Nestorian thought became ingrained in the...
- be the only
place of
worship of the
Church of the East (also
known as
Nestorian Christianity)
discovered in China. Today, the site
features two ancient...
