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hypostatic union

hypostatic union noun: in Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.

Noun

hypostatic union (countable and uncountable, plural hypostatic unions)

  1. In Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.

Forms of hypostatic union

pluralhypostatic unions

Origin of hypostatic union

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica, from Byzantine Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν (hénōsis kath’ hupóstasin, literally “union according to the hypostasis”).

Questions about hypostatic union

What does hypostatic union mean?
Hypostatic union means in Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.
What part of speech is hypostatic union?
Hypostatic union is a noun.
What is the plural of hypostatic union?
The plural of hypostatic union is hypostatic unions.

Words near hypostatic union in the dictionary

  1. hypostasized
  2. hypostasizes
  3. hypostasizing
  4. hypostasy
  5. hypostatic
  6. hypostatic union
  7. hypostatic unions
  8. hypostatical
  9. hypostatically
  10. hypostatisation
  11. hypostatise

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