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Nestorianism (Nestorian Christianity)
Abbreviation NC
Classification Nestorian
Orientation Eastern Christianity (CoE), Eastern Christianity 60% with 30% to Western Christianity (CoW)
Polity Episcopal
Governance Holy Church of Alāhā (Church of West)
Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Andrew (2001-)
Region Western Europe, parts of Middle East and Southern India
Headquarters Alāhā (CoW), Erbil (CoE)
Founder Thomas the Apostle (CoE), Nestorius II (CoW)
Origin 451
Separated from Chalcedonian Christianity (451)
Congregations 613+
Members 77+ Million (2010s)
Ministers 8,615 (2016)
Hospitals 5
Nursing homes 17
Primary schools 61
Secondary schools 42
Other name(s) Nestorianism, [As]Syrian Christianity (CoE) and Classical Orthodoxy (CoW)

Nestorian Christianity or go others names as Nestorianism, [As]Syrian Christianity and Classical Orthodoxy are a Christological doctrine and one of four main Christian denominations exist as of 2017, The faith emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of the divine person, Jesus. It was advanced by Nestorius (386–450), Patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to 431, influenced by Nestorius's studies under Theodore of Mopsuestiaat the School of Antioch.

Nestorius's teachings brought him into conflict with other prominent church leaders, most notably Cyril of Alexandria, who criticized especially his rejection of the title Theotokos ("Mother of God") for Mary, the mother of Jesus. Nestorius and his teachings were eventually condemned as heretical at the Council of Ephesus in 431 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451, which led to the Nestorian Schism; churches supporting Nestorius broke with the rest of the Christian Church.

Following that, many of Nestorius's supporters relocated to the Sasanian Empire, where they affiliated with the local Christian community, known as the Church of the East and splited later as Eastern Nestorian Church/Church of the East/Assyrian Christianity and "Western Nestorian Church"/Church of the West and Classical Orthodox Church between 14-16th centuries. Over the next decades the Church of the East became increasingly Nestorian in doctrine, leading to it becoming known alternatively as the Nestorian Church.

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