Nestorian
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Nestorian or Nestorians can refer to:
- NestorianismNestorianismNestorianism is a Christological doctrine advanced by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428–431. The doctrine, which was informed by Nestorius's studies under Theodore of Mopsuestia at the School of Antioch, emphasizes the disunion between the human and divine natures of Jesus...
, a Christological doctrine developed by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431 - The Nestorian controversy, part of the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries
- The Nestorian SchismNestorian SchismThe Nestorian Schism was the split between the Orthodox Church and churches affiliated with Nestorian doctrine in the 5th century. The schism rose out of a Christological dispute, the key figures in which were Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius...
resulting from the controversy and condemnation as heresy - The Church of the EastChurch of the EastThe Church of the East tāʾ d-Maḏnḥāʾ), also known as the Nestorian Church, is a Christian church, part of the Syriac tradition of Eastern Christianity. Originally the church of the Persian Sassanid Empire, it quickly spread widely through Asia...
, originally the church of the Sassanid Empire, which accepted the Nestorian doctrine and split off from orthodoxy at the Nestorian Schism - Nestorian Church (disambiguation), any of several Churches that historically go back to the original Church of the East but developed doctrinal differences
- East Syrian RiteEast Syrian RiteThe East Syrian Rite is a Christian liturgy, also known as the Assyro-Chaldean Rite, Assyrian or Chaldean Rite, and the Persian Rite although it originated in Edessa, Mesopotamia...
, the liturgy of the Church of the East and other Nestorian Churches, also retained in some Churches now in communion with the Church of Rome - The Madnḥāyā or Eastern form of the Syriac alphabetSyriac alphabetThe Syriac alphabet is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language from around the 2nd century BC . It is one of the Semitic abjads directly descending from the Aramaic alphabet and shares similarities with the Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic, and the traditional Mongolian alphabets.-...