MONOPHYSITISM

BY NICK BRUNGO
STARTING AND ENDING DATE

Monophysitism started around 431 A.D., at the council of

Ephesus
Monophysitism mostly died out in the eighth century
DEFINITION OF MONOPHYSITISM

The definition of Monophysitism is a Christological belief that

Christ did not have two natures, and that his humanity and
divinity were combined
Monophysitism teaches that Christ only had one sole nature,
and he could not be understood as being only divine, only
human, or as both
WHY IT WAS WRONG

The Church teaches that Jesus Christ had two natures, divine
and human, that co-existed in his life
Monophysitism teaches that Christ had only one nature, and
that his divinity and humanity were combined/united
together
COUNCIL THAT FOUGHT THE HERESY

The main council that fought against Monophysitism was the council
of Chalcedon, in which the Nicene Creed was established
At Chalcedon, the church adopted an Alexandrine doctrine regarding
the issue
This new doctrine satisfied many Monophysites at the time, and the
movement was heavily diminished
Although the heresy lost much of its followers, it was not eliminated
and emerged again over the next few decades
THE HERESYS DEFEAT

This heresy wasnt really defeated, but it mostly died out in

the 7th century
Monophysitism lingered in some pockets of Syria, Egypt, and
Armenia
Since the 7th century, however, these Churches have changed
their christologies, and their beliefs are no longer
Monophysite
WORKS CITED

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<http://www.theopedia.com/hypostatic-union>.
PsiCop. "Early Christian History / Heresies: Monophysitism."
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