💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Acephalite"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| acephalinoun | (ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control. |
| autocephalianoun | Alternative form of autocephaly. [(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.] |
| acaciannoun | Relating to a rift that occurred in the early 6th century, between the Eastern and Western Christian churches, occurring during the rule of Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople. |
| autocephalynoun | (Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority. |
| aphthartodocetaenoun | (historical, philosophy) A sixth-century non-Chalcedonian sect who believed that Christ's body was always incorruptible and only perished by Christ's conscious willing decision. |
| monophysitistnoun | monophysite |
| eutychianismnoun | Radical monophysitism; the form of monophysitism taught by Eutyches. |
| chalcedonianismnoun | The religious doctrine of the Chalcedonians. |
| apotactitenoun | (Christianity, historical) One of an ancient sect of Christians in Asia Minor, originating in the third century AD, who renounced all their possessions. |
| monophysitenoun | (Christianity) A member of a Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian view that Christ has two natures, both fully man and fully God, and is co-eternal and co-substantial with the Father. |
| eutycheanismnoun | Alternative form of Eutychianism. [Radical monophysitism; the form of monophysitism taught by Eutyches.] |
| omphalopsychitenoun | (theology, derogatory) A Hesychast. |
| melkitismnoun | (historical, rare) Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards. |
| acoemetinoun | Alternative form of Acoemetae. [(historical) An order of fifth-century monks who, by turns, kept up a divine service day and night.] |
| aphthartodocetismnoun | (Christianity, theology, historical, philosophy) The doctrines of the Aphthartodocetae. A Christological doctrine that taught that Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with the 6th-century Monophysite theologian Julian of Halicarnassus. |
| antiochenenoun | Synonym of Antiochian (of or pertaining to ancient Antioch) |
| heracleonitenoun | (historical) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, who offered mystical and allegorical interpretations of Scripture. |
| melkitenoun | (since 1724) A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; ellipsis of Catholic Melkite. |
| archelausnoun | Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD. |
| henotikonnoun | (historical) A Christological document issued by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482, in an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile the differences between the supporters of the Council of Chalcedon and the council's opponents. |
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