Dyophysitism
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Dyophysitism is the Christological doctrine, affirmed by the Council of Chalcedon, that Jesus Christ exists in two distinct natures—divine and human—united in one person.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dyophysitism canonical | 4 |
| Dyothelitism | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5796893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dyophysitism Context triple: [Miaphysitism, contrastsWith, Dyophysitism]
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A.
Miaphysitism
Miaphysitism is a Christological doctrine, held by several Eastern Christian churches, that teaches Christ has one united nature that is both fully divine and fully human.
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B.
Monothelitism
Monothelitism is a 7th-century Christian theological doctrine that claimed Christ had two natures but only a single divine will, later condemned as heresy by the Third Council of Constantinople.
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C.
Sabellianism
Sabellianism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological doctrine that identifies the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or aspects of one divine person rather than three distinct persons.
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D.
Apollinarianism
Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
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E.
Photinianism
Photinianism is a 4th-century Christian heresy associated with Photinus of Sirmium that denied the pre-existence and full divinity of Christ, viewing him instead as a mere man uniquely inspired by God.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dyophysitism Target entity description: Dyophysitism is the Christological doctrine, affirmed by the Council of Chalcedon, that Jesus Christ exists in two distinct natures—divine and human—united in one person.
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A.
Miaphysitism
Miaphysitism is a Christological doctrine, held by several Eastern Christian churches, that teaches Christ has one united nature that is both fully divine and fully human.
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B.
Monothelitism
Monothelitism is a 7th-century Christian theological doctrine that claimed Christ had two natures but only a single divine will, later condemned as heresy by the Third Council of Constantinople.
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C.
Sabellianism
Sabellianism is a nontrinitarian Christian theological doctrine that identifies the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as different modes or aspects of one divine person rather than three distinct persons.
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D.
Apollinarianism
Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
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E.
Photinianism
Photinianism is a 4th-century Christian heresy associated with Photinus of Sirmium that denied the pre-existence and full divinity of Christ, viewing him instead as a mere man uniquely inspired by God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christological doctrine
ⓘ
theological doctrine ⓘ |
| acceptedByChurch |
Eastern Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ most Protestant churches ⓘ |
| acceptedByTradition | Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affirmedByCouncil | Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affirmedInYear | 451 ⓘ |
| affirmsNatureOfChrist |
divine nature
ⓘ
human nature ⓘ |
| aimsToSafeguard |
distinction of Christ's natures
ⓘ
reality of the Incarnation ⓘ unity of Christ ⓘ |
| articulatedInDocument | Tome of Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCreed | Chalcedonian Definition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFormula | Christ is in two natures, without confusion, change, division, or separation ⓘ |
| claimsAboutNatures | each nature retains its own properties ⓘ |
| claimsAboutPerson | one hypostasis (person) of the Word ⓘ |
| concernsDoctrineOf | Incarnation ⓘ |
| concernsPerson | Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Miaphysitism
ⓘ
Monophysitism NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestorianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debatedAtCouncil | Second Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definesNumberOfNaturesOfChrist | two ⓘ |
| denies |
change of the two natures
ⓘ
confusion of the two natures ⓘ division of the two natures ⓘ separation of the two natures ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Christological controversies of the 5th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dyophysite Christology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
two-natures doctrine ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | from Greek 'dyo' (two) and 'physis' (nature) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | mainstream Christology in most of historic Christianity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cyril of Alexandria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leo the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesDistinctionBetween | nature and person in Christology ⓘ |
| languageOfFormulation | Greek theological terminology ⓘ |
| maintains |
full divinity of Christ
ⓘ
full humanity of Christ ⓘ |
| opposedByGroup | non-Chalcedonian churches ⓘ |
| regardsChristAs | one person in two natures ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | hypostatic union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalBasisClaimed | New Testament Christological passages ⓘ |
| teachesUnionType | union in one person ⓘ |
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Subject: Dyophysitism Description of subject: Dyophysitism is the Christological doctrine, affirmed by the Council of Chalcedon, that Jesus Christ exists in two distinct natures—divine and human—united in one person.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ekthesis
this entity surface form:
Dyothelitism
subject surface form:
Typos of Constans II
this entity surface form:
Dyothelitism
this entity surface form:
Dyothelitism
this entity surface form:
Dyothelitism