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Nestorian
Nestorian Nes*to"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian.
Nestorian
Nestorian Nes*to"ri*an, a. 1. Of or relating to the Nestorians. 2. relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.

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- (1852). The Nestorians and Their Rituals. Vol. 1. London: Joseph Masters – via Google Books. Badger, George Percy (1852). The Nestorians and Their Rituals...
- "Nestorian" or "Nestorians" may also refer to: Church of the East, originally the church in the S****anid Empire, which once accepted the Nestorian doctrine...
- The Nestorian schism (a.d. 431–544) was a split between the Christian churches of S****anid Persia, which affiliated with Nestorius, and those that later...
- the word "Nestorian" has also been used in an ethnic sense, as shown by the phrase "Catholic Nestorians". In his 1996 article, "The 'Nestorian' Church:...
- Nestorian headstone Nestorian cross found in China Nestorian cross found in China Two Nestorian crosses found in China The cross from the Nestorian Stele...
- Stele (Chinese: 景教碑; pinyin: Jǐngjiào bēi), sometimes translated as the "Nestorian Stele," is a Tang Chinese stele erected in 781 that do****ents 150 years...
- claim; although they were and are truly nothing more than papal Nestorians, or Nestorian Catholics.” In 1881, archeologist and author Hormuzd R****am stated:...
- any reason refused to accept one or other of these councils were called Nestorians or Monophysites, while those who accepted both councils, held under the...
- George Percy (1852a). The Nestorians and Their Rituals. Vol. 1. London: Joseph Masters. Badger, George Percy (1852b). The Nestorians and Their Rituals. Vol...
- East in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Church of the East, also called Nestorian Church, an Eastern Christian denomination formerly spread across Asia...