A follower or defender of diphysitism, the theological doctrine asserting that Christ has two distinct natures.
From Greek di- (two) + physis (nature) + -ite (follower). This term emerged in early Christian theology during Christological controversies of the 5th-7th centuries.
Early Christians had intense arguments about how many 'natures' Jesus had—it sounds abstract, but these arguments literally split churches apart and shaped world history!
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