Metropolitan Youssef on the Nature of Christ: Miaphysitism vs Dyophysitism

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]There's a difference between Meophysitism and Dyophysitism.

[00:00:04]Physis means nature.

[00:00:07]Dyo means two natures.

[00:00:09]So, uh two natures means these two natures because they are not united, but they coexist together in one person, the person of Christ.

[00:00:24]When he is hungry, there's such When he is walking on the water, uh that is the divine nature. Okay? So, coexist together in one person.

[00:00:39]The problem with this teaching, could I lose the cross?

[00:00:44]And with his his human nature, Okay. As a human nature is limited, so it cannot be sufficient to redeem all the people from Adam to the end of the ages.

[00:01:02]But, as there is no such understanding, this two nature are united in a very unique way, in a mystical way.

[00:01:13]Mysterious, we don't understand.

[00:01:16]It is not like the the union of uh solid.

[00:01:22]For example, if you bring sand and cement and you know, uh and mix it together.

[00:01:31]No, it's not like this.

[00:01:34]Also, that's what we call it uh without mingling.

[00:01:40]It's not like the union between two liquids.

[00:01:44]For example, if you tea and milk, there's there's confusion because Okay. So, this the union between two nature is not like liquid.

[00:01:53]And not like chemical.

[00:01:56]Cuz chemical there's a change hydrogen and oxygen the hydrogen plus oxygen water H2O So water actually you you you quench the fire with water.

[00:02:12]But the hydrogen and oxygen both of them are available. So there there is a change in nature.

[00:02:20]So when we say that mingling without confusion and without alteration it means not like fluid material, not like liquid, not like chemicals.

[00:02:30]But in a mysterious way we don't know how to accept it.

[00:02:36]So what actually get by saying it's not like this, it's not like this it's not like this.

[00:02:44]Then because of this union whole died of the cross the incarnate the son of God.