Nestorianism

noun

Nes·​to·​ri·​an·​ism

plural -s

1

: Nestorian Christianity

2

: the doctrines imputed to Nestorius or the Nestorians

especially : the doctrine that a divine and a human personality were joined in Jesus Christ in perfect harmony of action but remained distinct with the corollary that Mary should not be called the Mother of God

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