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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.