Nestorianism

Nestorianism is a movement within Christianity. The idea behind the doctrine is that Jesus has two different natures: the man Jesus and the son of God (Greek: Logos). Perhaps the most prominent supporter of the idea was Nestorius, an archbishop of Constantinople who lived about from 380 to 450 AD. The Council of Ephesus condemned his view in 431. That led to a split of the church into the Assyrian Church of the East and the Byzantine Church.

For that reason, the Assyrian Church of the East is sometimes called "Nestorian". It holds the view that Christ has two essences (qnome), which are united in one person (parsopa).

The only two churches that teach Nestorianism today are the Assyrian Church of the East and the Church of the East & Abroad.

Nestorianism Media

• EcumenicalCouncil 3rd 09-07.jpg

  A depiction of Nestorius being defrocked and having his vestments removed at the Council of Ephesus. A 15c mural in Ferapontov Monastery.

• Palm Sunday (probably), Khocho, Nestorian Temple, 683-770 AD, wall painting - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC01741.JPG

  Nestorian priests in a procession on Palm Sunday, in a seventh- or eighth-century wall painting from a Nestorian church in Qocho, China

• Christological spectrum during the 5th–7th centuries showing the views of the Church of the East (light blue), the Chalcedonian Churches (light purple), and the Miaphysite Churches (pink)

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  A historical misinterpretation of the Nestorian view was that it taught that the human and divine persons of Christ are separate.

• Yuan stone Nestorian inscription (rep).JPG

  Chinese stone inscription of a Nestorian Cross from a monastery of Fangshan District in Beijing (then called Dadu, or Khanbaliq), dated to the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1271–1368) of medieval China

• An epitaph of a Nestorian Christian.jpg

  Epitaph of a Nestorian, unearthed at Chifeng, Inner Mongolia

• Church of Saint Mary - Urmia - Iran - کلیسای ننه مریم، ارومیه - ایران.jpg

  Saint Mary Church: an ancient Assyrian church located in the city of Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran