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- noun theology Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
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From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοϕυσῖται, from δύο ("two") + ϕύσις ("nature").
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Until the reign of Justinian (527-65) the doctrine for or against the two natures in Christ was officially triumphant according as the emperor happened to be Monophysite or Dyophysite, and lent to the accepted doctrine the support of his sword.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Zeno was restored by a Dyophysite faction under the lead of Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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