nestorian
/nɛˈstɔriən/
adjective
- Relating to the Christian doctrine that Christ has two separate natures, human and divine, which was declared a heresy in the 5th century.
- The Nestorian belief emphasized the distinction between Jesus as a man and as the Son of God.
- The Nestorian church spread across Asia along the Silk Road.
- Historians study Nestorian texts to understand early Christian debates.
noun
- A follower of Nestorius or the Nestorian doctrine.
- Nestorians were persecuted after the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD.
- Many Nestorians migrated eastward to Persia and India.
- The modern Assyrian Church of the East descends from the ancient Nestorians.