Macedonianism

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Macedonianism was a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, leading to major theological controversy in the early Church.

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Macedonian heresy 1
Macedonianism canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century heresy
Christian heresy
affirms subordination of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son
alsoKnownAs Macedonianism
surface form: Macedonian heresy

Pneumatomachian heresy
Pneumatomachianism
associatedWithCouncil First Council of Constantinople
churchReaction imperial and ecclesiastical suppression
classification Trinitarian heresy
condemnedAtCouncil First Council of Constantinople
condemnedInYear 381
consideredByOrthodoxy blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
contradictsDoctrine Nicene Christianity
surface form: Nicene orthodoxy

consubstantiality of the Trinity
denies full divinity of the Holy Spirit
emergedInCentury 4th century
emergedInRegion Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
historicalContext post-Nicene Arian controversies
influencedBy subordinationist theology
influencedCreed Nicene Creed
surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
languageUsedInDebate Greek
namedAfter Macedonius I of Constantinople
opposedBy Basil of Caesarea
Cappadocian Fathers
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
primaryOpponentsArgument God the Holy Spirit
surface form: Holy Spirit shares the same divine essence as the Father and the Son
rejectedBy Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

most Protestant traditions
relatedToHeresy Arianism
religiousTradition Christianity
responseLedTo affirmation of the Holy Spirit as fully God
clearer formulation of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit
scripturalDebate interpretation of New Testament texts on the Holy Spirit
status condemned doctrine
theologicalIssue Trinitarian doctrine
doctrine of the Holy Spirit
timeOfProminence circa 360–380
viewOfHolySpirit Holy Spirit is a creature
Holy Spirit is subordinate to the Father and the Son

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Pope Damasus I combated Macedonianism
Macedonianism alsoKnownAs Macedonianism
this entity surface form: Macedonian heresy