Meaning of Melkitism | Babel Free

Definitions

Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.

historical, rare, uncountable

Examples

“That this is less true of the Syriac tradition may be attributed to the Nestorian Christians’ preference for Muslim rule and culture as opposed to the Melkitism proposed by Constantinople.”

“Melkitism is known to be the form of Christianity which was to be divided into Catholic and Orthodox churches.”

“The acceptance of Arab conquest served as a means of escaping the doctrinal predicament that most Egyptians found themselves enmeshed in between monophysitism and melkitism.”

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