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dithelism

dithelism is the alternative form of dyothelism.

Meaning of dyothelism

Noun

dyothelism (uncountable)

  1. The doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.
    • From that day, dyothelism became the official doctrine of the Orthodox Church, both in the East and in the West; and in the eighth century it found a most subtle expounder in John of Damascus.1891, Philip Schaff, Samuel Macauley Jackson, David Schley Schaff, A Religious Encyclopaedia

Questions about dithelism

What is dithelism the alternative form of?
Dithelism is the alternative form of dyothelism.

Words near dithelism in the dictionary

  1. ditheism
  2. ditheist
  3. ditheistic
  4. ditheistical
  5. ditheists
  6. dithelism
  7. dithematic
  8. dither
  9. dither fish
  10. dither fishes
  11. dithered

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