Melkitism

English Etymology From en Melkite -ism. Noun - en historical rare Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards. en 1973 w:The Tablet 227 877 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w2FhucatAU0C 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. en 2013 Sabri Yılmaz A Muslim theologian’s approach to the doctrine of the Trinity: The case of Qadi ‘Abd al-Jabbar The Journal of International Social Research 6 24 427, note 3 Melkitism is known to be the form of Christianity which was to be divided into Catholic and Orthodox churches. en 2015 Adeshina Afolayan Egypt, Arab Republic of (Ǧumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah) Toyin Falola; Daniel Jean-Jacques Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society 9781598846669 2 382 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YjoVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA382 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. en Christianity