[meh’-tuh-fiz-iks]
(Greek meta, “after” + Greek phusika, “physics”)
The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the study of ultimate reality, often referring to those things that transcend the physical (mind, essence, time, meaning, God, etc.). The term “physical” was originally pre-fixed by “meta” with regards to the works of Aristotle, specifically those chapters that came “after” […]

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[mon’-ur-jiz-um]
(Greek mono-, “one” + Greek ergon, “work”)
The doctrine that God the Holy Spirit solely and independently acts to regenerate the heart of man so as to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In other words, God performs a unilateral inward action upon man’s heart to respond to the call of salvation.
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[muh-nawf‘-uh-sit’-iz-um]
(Greek mono-, “one” + Greek phusis, “nature”)
The belief that the two natures of Christ, human and divine, came together in the incarnation to make one new nature. It was condemned as heretical in 451 at the Council of Chalcedon. Chalcedon held that the two natures of Christ remain completely intact in one person.
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