Definition of Nestorius

1. Noun. Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451).

Generic synonyms: Patriarch
Derivative terms: Nestorian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nestorius

Nessa
Nesselrode
Nesselrode pudding
Nessie
Nessies
Nessler
Nessler's reagent
Nestor
Nestor Paz Zamora Commission
Nestor notabilis
Nestorian
Nestorian Church
Nestorianism
Nestorianisms
Nestorians
Nestorius (current term)
Net
NetBeans
Netanyahu
Netherlander
Netherlanders
Netherlandic
Netherlandish
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Guiana
Nethersaxon
Nethinim
Netra

Literary usage of Nestorius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Within a few days of his consecration Nestorius had an Arian chapel destroyed, ... At the end of 428, or at latest in the early part of 429, Nestorius ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"At the same time Celestine was evidently offended at Nestorius by his kindly, ... With their views Nestorius could not possibly have sympathized, ..."

3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"Very striking, however, is the difference of tone between the letters of Nestorius and those of Cyrill to the Roman bishop. ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"... a twofold nature of Christ, before he was permitted to satiate his revenge against the unfortunate Nestorius.81 The rash and obstinate Nestorius, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Nestorius, instead of yielding to the combined pressure of his two great rivals, ... Nestorius, with sixteen bishops and a large following of armed men, ..."

6. Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: In Four Books by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, James Murdock (1844)
"Cyril, the adversary of Nestorius, presided ; and he wished to have the cause ... Nestorius maintained, that both circumstances were contrary to equity ..."

7. Manual of Universal Church History by Johannes Baptist Alzog, Francis Joseph Pabisch, Thomas Sebastian Byrne (1889)
"Heresy of Nestorius—(Ecumenical Council of Ephesus. ... Nestorius, who was first a priest at Antioch, and in the year 428 became Patriarch of Constantinople ..."

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