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    Constantinople, Nestorius became involved in the disputes of two theological factions, which differed in their Christology. Nestorius tried to find a...
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  • teachings of Nestorius in origin, scope and terminology. The Oxford English Dictionary defines Nestorianism as: "The doctrine of Nestorius, Patriarch of...
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    against the priest. Rather than repudiating the priest, Nestorius intervened on his behalf. Nestorius argued that Mary was neither a "Mother of Man" nor "Mother...
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    offered his support for Cyril to request that Nestorius recant his position or face excommunication. Nestorius pleaded with the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius...
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    anaphora of Nestorius: Greek or Syriac?". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 1996;78(3):73-86. "3. The Anaphora Of Mar Nestorius". Mar Nestorius and Mar...
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    Ephesus condemned Nestorius in 431. Supporters of Nestorius took refuge in Sasanian Persia, where the Church refused to condemn Nestorius and became accused...
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    title Theotokos for Mary, and anathematized Nestorius' view as heresy. (See Nestorianism) In letters to Nestorius which were afterwards included among the...
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    Alexandria) and Nestorius (Patriarch of Constantinople). The First Council of Ephesus in 431 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451 condemned Nestorius and his doctrine...
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  • Nestorius Timanywa (7 May 1937 – 28 August 2018) was a Tanzanian Roman Catholic bishop. Timanywa was born in Kakungiri Village, Bwanjai, Bukoba Tanzania...
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    Theodosius met the monk Nestorius, who was a renowned preacher. He appointed Nestorius archbishop of Constantinople in 428. Nestorius quickly became involved...
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    theological dispute in the 5th century occurred over the teachings of Nestorius, the patriarch of Constantinople who taught that God the Word was not...
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  • Isa ibn Nasturus ibn Surus was a Coptic Egyptian scribe who served as vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate in 993–996 under al-Aziz Billah. He was executed...
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  • Alexandria and Nestorius in which Nestorius claimed that the term theotokos could not be used to describe Mary, the mother of Christ. Nestorius argued for...
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    The precise Christological teachings of Nestorius are shrouded in obscurity. Wary of Monophysitism, Nestorius rejected Cyril's theory of a hypostatic...
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  • sermon to drown out Nestorius with sympathetic applause. Soon afterwards, a letter was posted in Constantinople that correlated Nestorius’ teachings with...
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  • Interpretations of Nestorius". Church History. 32 (3): 251–267. doi:10.2307/3162772. JSTOR 3162772. Chesnut, Roberta C. (1978). "The Two Prosopa in Nestorius' Bazaar...
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    is used from Advent until the Sunday of the Hossanas. The Qudasha of Nestorius is one of the Eucharistic liturgies used by the erstwhile Church of the...
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    with those in the Roman Empire until the Council of Ephesus condemned Nestorius in 431. Continuing as a dhimmi community under the Rashidun Caliphate...
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    council to settle the christological controversy surrounding Nestorianism. Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, opposed use of the term Theotokos (Greek:...
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    Jesus was put forward by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorius (c. 386–451). Nestorius, a student of the Antiochene school of theology, taught that...
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  • issue of terminology. His Christology is far less dualistic than the one Nestorius seems to have presented. Babai in the 'Book of Union' teaches two qnome...
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  • tactics to support Nestorius, decided not to wait and convened the council without John and his supporters, condemning Nestorius. When John reached Ephesus...
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    Ishtori Haparchi (1280–1355), also Estori Haparchi and Ashtori ha-Parhi (Hebrew: אשתורי הפרחי) is the pen name of the 14th-century Jewish physician, geographer...
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    (1962). "Nestorius Was Orthodox". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 16: 117–140. doi:10.2307/1291160. JSTOR 1291160. Bethune-Baker, James F. (1908). Nestorius and His...
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    deprived of their churches by John Chrysostom and that some were harassed by Nestorius. It is not known how long the Nisan 14 practice continued. But both those...
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    one church's saint may be another church's heretic, as in the cases of Nestorius, Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, or Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople...
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  • the Council of Ephesus’ condemnation of Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople, which deposed Nestorius and declared him a heretic. Those who refused to...
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    before Nestorian reforms were carried over (St. Philoxenus). Although Nestorius was condemned in 431 AD through the Council of Ephesus (resulting in a...
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    by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to 431, which emphasized the disunion between the human and divine natures of Jesus. Nestorius and...
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    description as inaccurate, having officially condemned the teachings of both Nestorius and Eutyches. They define themselves as miaphysite instead, holding that...
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