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Miaphysitism (One Incarnate Nature)

From two natures, one — the Word made flesh without mixture, change, or division

Miaphysitism teaches that Christ is from two natures united into one incarnate nature of the Word, without mixture or change, drawing on Cyril of Alexandria and Severus of Antioch. Traditions differ here. The Oriental Orthodox churches hold this as orthodox and firmly distinguish it from Eutychian monophysitism, which they also reject. It remains disputed with the Chalcedonian churches, which speak instead of two natures in one person.

How it traveled

  1. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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Key passages(16)

Against Eunomius · Gregory of Nyssa

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