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[[File:Museum für Indische Kunst Dahlem Berlin Mai 2006 061.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Wall painting from a Nestorian Temple in the ancient ruined city of Khocho (Gaochang), Taklamakan Desert, China (<small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 683–770)]]
[[File:Museum fur Indische Kunst Dahlem Berlin Mai 2006 061.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Wall painting from a Nestorian Temple in the ancient ruined city of Khocho (Gaochang), Taklamakan Desert, China (<small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 683–770)]]


'''Nestorianism''' was a doctrine set forth by fifth-century bishop of Constantinople Nestorius, which stated that there were two separate persons—human and divine—in the incarnate [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] as opposed to the orthodox teaching that Christ was a divine person who assumed a human nature.  
'''Nestorianism''' was a doctrine set forth by fifth-century bishop of Constantinople Nestorius, which stated that there were two separate persons—human and divine—in the incarnate [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] as opposed to the orthodox teaching that Christ was a divine person who assumed a human nature.