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dyothelism

dyothelism noun: the doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.

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
    • Two years later Anastasius II reinstituted dyothelism, and the same bishops who had two years before vetoed dyothelism now changed their mind, and adopted it as the only true exposition of faith !1894, John McClintock, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature

Questions about dyothelism

What does dyothelism mean?
Dyothelism means the doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.
What part of speech is dyothelism?
Dyothelism is a noun.

Words near dyothelism in the dictionary

  1. dyotheism
  2. dyotheistic
  3. dyothelete
  4. dyotheletes
  5. dyotheletism
  6. dyothelism
  7. dyothelite
  8. dyothelites
  9. dyothelitism
  10. dyotic
  11. dyotropic

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