Original: Monophysitism ( from the Greek monos meaning ` one , alone ' and physis meaning ` nature ' ) , or Monophysiticism , is the Christological position that Christ has only one nature , his humanity being absorbed by his Deity , as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ maintains two natures , one divine and one human .
Simplified: Miaphysitism , the christology of the Oriental Orthodox churches , is sometimes considered a variant of Monophysitism , but these churches view their theology as distinct from Monophysitism and anathematize Eutyches .