Divine Lexicon

Term

Nestorianism

The teaching that there were two distinct persons in the incarnate Christ, one human and one divine, rather than a single Person.

Filed underHistorical TheologyChristology

Definition

The denial that the divine-human Christ could be thought of as a single Person. The teaching that there were two distinct persons in the incarnate Christ, one human and one divine.

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Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 1511
  2. 2.Alan Richardson and John Bowden The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983). 397

Last revised August 14, 2026