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CHRISTOLOGY Leader(s) in the Heresy: Theodotus of is that part of theology which deals with Byzantium Our Lord Jesus Christ. In its full extent it Corrector(s) of the Heresy: Pope Victor comprises the doctrines concerning both the (190-198AD)...

CHRISTOLOGY Leader(s) in the Heresy: Theodotus of is that part of theology which deals with Byzantium Our Lord Jesus Christ. In its full extent it Corrector(s) of the Heresy: Pope Victor comprises the doctrines concerning both the (190-198AD) person of Christ and His works. is the part of theology that is concerned b.​ APOLLINARIANISM (4th Century) with the nature and work of Jesus, including This heresy denied the true and complete such matters as the Incarnation, the humanity of Jesus, because it taught He did Resurrection, and his human and divine not have a human mind, but instead had a natures and their relationship (Matt Steffon). mind that was completely Divine. The heresy is primarily concerned with the identity of lessened the human nature of Jesus in order Jesus. Because Christianity asserts that Jesus to reconcile the manner in which Jesus could is human and divine, the discipline asks how be both God and man at the same time. both of these can exist in one person. Leader(s) in the Heresy: Appollinaris the Christology relates to many areas of Younger (bishop of Laodicea in Syria), 360 AD theology, but most important is its place in Corrector(s) of the Heresy: The Council of the life of the believer. Recognizing who Jesus Constantinople in 381 AD is, what he did and why — these are essential to knowing him. Only then may someone c.​ ARIANISM (4th Century) believe in Jesus and have eternal life (John This heresy taught Jesus was a "creature" 3:11-21). who was "begotten" of the Father. Only God Who was Jesus? the Father is "un-begotien". In this view, only historical Jesus the Father is truly God; He was too pure and person and earthly life perfect to appear here on earth, so he created Who is Jesus? the Son as His first creation. The Son then theological Jesus created the universe. God then adopted Jesus Son of God as a son (because, after all, Jesus and God are Messiah not supposed to have the same nature in this Savior view). Jesus was worshipped only because of Word became flesh His preeminence as the first creation. bread of life Leader(s) in the Heresy: Arius of Alexandria Egypt (250-336 AD) a.​ ADOPTIONISM (2nd Century) Corrector(s) of the Heresy: The Council of This heresy denies the pre-existence of Nicaea in 32, The Nicene Creed was written to Christ and therefore denies His Deity. It respond to this heresy taught Jesus was simply a man who was tested by God and after passing the test was d.​ NESTORIANISM (5th Century) given supernatural powers and adopted as a This heresy taught Mary only gave birth to son (this occurred at His baptism). Jesus was Jesus' human nature. The founder of the then rewarded for all He did (and for His heresy, Nestorius, did not even want Mary to perfect character) with His own resurrection be called "Mother of God" but instead wanted and adoption into the Godhead. her to be called "Mother of Christ" In essence, the heresy maintained Jesus was really two separate persons, and only the human Jesus was in Mary's womb. If that was true, then Church's Response Jesus was not God incarnate while in the According to Catechism of the Catholic womb. Church (CCC), the unique and altogether Leader(s) In the Heresy: Nestorius of singular event of the Incarnation of the Son of Antioch (Bishop of Constantinople in 428AD) God does not mean that Jesus Christ is part Corrector(s) of the Heresy: The Council of God and part man, nor does it imply that he is Ephesus in 431 AD the result of a confused mixture of the divine and the human. He became truly man while e.​ EUTYCHIANISM [Monophysitism] remaining truly God. Jesus Christ is true God (5th Century) and true man. The Church thus confesses that This heresy taught Jesus' humanity was Jesus is inseparably true God and true man. absorbed by His divinity. The heresy is He is truly the Son of God who, without Monophysite in nature, derived from the ceasing to be God and Lord, became a man Greek words "mong" ("one") and "physis" and our bread. ("nature"). In essence, the heresy claimed Jesus had only one nature (something new and different than the Divine or human nature that God and humans have, respectively). Instead, this heresy taught a third unique nature was possessed by Jesus; a blend or mixture of the human and the Divine. Leader(s) in the Heresy: Eutyches of Constantinople (380 - 456AD) Correctors) of the Heresy: The Fourth Ecumenical Coun in Chalcedon in 451 AD. The Chalcedonian Creed addres this heresy. f.​ MONOTHELITISM (7th Century) This heresy emerged in response to the Monophysite heresy (see above), but it also taught something denied by the Scripture. The name is derived from a Greek root that means "one will". Monothelitism taught Jesus had two natures but only one will. Instead of having two cooperative wills (one Divine and one human), Jesus had one Divine-human "energia". Leader(s) in the Heresy: Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople (610 - 638 AD) Corrector(s) of the Heresy: The Third Council of Constantinople; the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680 - 681 AD]