NESTORIANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nestorianism mean? 

• NESTORIANISM (noun)
  The noun NESTORIANISM has 1 sense:

1. the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)

  Familiarity information: NESTORIANISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NESTORIANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Nestorianism" is a kind of...):

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)