Apollinarianism

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Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.

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Label Occurrences
Apollinarianism canonical 10

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian heresy
Christological doctrine
theological position
affirms Christ’s true divinity
Christ’s true human body
branchOfReligion Christian theology
classifiedAs Trinitarian heresy
condemnationDate 381
condemnedAsHeresyBy First Council of Constantinople
condemnedBy Theodosius I
surface form: Roman Emperor Theodosius I
consideredHeresyBy Nicene Christianity
early Church
contradictsDoctrine full humanity of Christ
orthodox dyophysite Christology
coreClaim Christ had a human body but not a human rational soul
Christ possessed a divine mind (Logos) instead of a human rational soul
the divine Logos replaced the human nous in Christ
criticizedFor compromising Christ’s solidarity with humanity
failing to preserve full incarnation of the Logos
denies full human rational soul of Christ
emergedInCentury 4th century
emergedInContext Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century
surface form: Arian controversy

Trinitarian debates
hasDoctrinalConsequence Christ lacks a complete human psychology
hasDoctrinalFocus union of divine and human in Christ
hasMainProponent Apollinaris of Laodicea
historicalCenter Laodicea in Syria
historicalRegion Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
influencedBy Alexandrian theology
surface form: Alexandrian Christology

Alexandrian theology
surface form: Logos-sarx Christological model
languageContext Greek-speaking Christianity
namedAfter Apollinaris of Laodicea
opposedBy Athanasius of Alexandria
Basil of Caesarea
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
rejectedBecause incompatible with salvation of the human mind
undermines Christ’s full humanity
rejectedBy First Council of Constantinople
surface form: Council of Constantinople I
relatedTo Arianism
Miaphysitism
surface form: Monophysitism

Nestorianism
religiousTradition Christianity
subfieldOf Christology
teachesAbout Incarnation
nature of Christ
viewOnChrist Christ is a composite of divine mind and human body

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Canon 1 condemns Apollinarianism
Seven Ecumenical Councils opposedHeresy Apollinarianism
Laodicea in Syria associatedWith Apollinarianism
Diodorus of Tarsus opposedTo Apollinarianism
Apollinaris of Laodicea movement Apollinarianism
Apollinaris of Laodicea founded Apollinarianism
Apollinaris of Laodicea heresyLabel Apollinarianism