Heresy concerning
the person of Christ maintaining that in Jesus the Word of God (Logos)
took the place of a human mind. |
This teaching originated
with Apollinarius of Laodicea (c. 310-c. 390), a defender
of Nicene orthodoxy concerning the Trinity. Apollinarius was concerned
to explain the unity of Christ's person and argued in effect that Christ
had a human body and divine mind. This teaching was rejected particularly
by Antiochene theologians who
argued that it did not sufficiently respect the humanity of Christ. Apollinarianism
was rejected at the Council of Constantinople
I (381). Apollinarianism is also one of the alternatives rejected
in the "Definition of Faith" adopted at the Council
of Chalcedon (451).
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