Dyophysite

See also: dyophysite

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From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοφυσῖται (duophusîtai), from δύο (dúo, “two”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).

Dyophysite (plural Dyophysites)

(theology) Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 247:
  Monasteries among the Dyophysites were strengthened through the military success of the Sassanian Shah Khusrau II in areas of the Byzantine Empire along the eastern Mediterranean.

someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ