NESTORIANISM

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 I. (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)

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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)

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