anhypostasia

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ænˌhaɪ.pəˈsteɪ.sɪ.ə/, /ænˌhaɪ.pəˈsteɪ.ʒə/
• (GA) IPA: /ænˌhaɪ.pəˈsteɪ.ʒi.ə/, /-ʒə/

Noun

anhypostasia

1. (Christianity (Christology)) The quality of Jesus Christ's humanity, such that it has its existence entirely from the hypostatic union, rather than from any independent#Adjective|independent human#Adjective|human personhood (or hypostasis). The concept does not deny Jesus's personhood, but denies that Jesus's humanity has any personhood apart from the one hypostasis in which his humanity and divinity are united.

Related terms

• enhypostasia, enhypostasis
• hypostasis

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