Dichotomism

In Christian theology and anthropology, bipartite refers to the view that a human being is a composite of two distinct components, material and immaterial; for example, body and soul. It is not synonymous with the Greek concept of mind-body dualism, where the two parts of man are in conflict by design, and the mind seeks to be free of the body that is its prison. Rather, in Christianity, the two parts were created interdependent and in harmony. And though man's two parts are corrupted at present, redemption is of the body not from the body.

Note that scriptural references to the "old man" and "new man" are not two selves. At any given time, man is only one self. Thus as man transforms, the Bible speaks of the person of the past as the "old man," and the now transformed person as the "new man." Never do they exist simultaneously.

In theology, the bipartite view of man is an alternative to tripartite and unitary (or monistic) views.

Reformation theologian John Calvin is often quoted as being in support of a bipartite view, as in the quote below:

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