Eutychian (utikian)

and n. [ II. n. A follower or one holding the doctrine of Eutyches, a monk of Constantinople in the fifth century, who taught that Christ had but one nature, the divine, so that it was proper to say that God had been crucified for us. He was an opponent of Nestor i us, and the founder of the sect of Monophysites. See Monophysite . Eutychianism (u-tik'i-an-izm), n . [ Eutychian + -is -ism.] The doctrine of Eutyches, or belief in his doctrine. The orthodox doctrine maintains, against Eutychianism, the distinction of natures even after the act of incar nation, without confusion or conversion. Schaff , Christ and Christianity, p. 65.