APOLLINARIANISM

DEFINE THE HERESY

• Christ had a human body
• Denied Christ's human mind and will
• He did not live a complete human life as a man

WHO ESPOUSED THIS HERESY?

WHAT COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO REFUTE THIS HERESEY?

• Ecumenical Council of Constatinople (381) specifically condemned this heresy
• The state prohibited adherence to it as well

WHO CALLED THE COUNCIL?

WHAT POLITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCED THIS COUNCIL?

• Theodosius wanted to further unify the entire empire and decided to convene a church council to resolve matters of faith and discipline

WHAT THEOLOGICAL FACTORS DID THIS COUNCIL DEAL WITH

• The divinity of the Holy Trinity
• The Heresy Arianism
• To confirm the Nicene Creed

WHAT DECISIONS DID THE COUNCIL MAKE?

• Promoted what became known to the church as the Nicene Creed; it also declared finally the Trinitarian doctrine of the equality of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son.

WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THIS DECISIONS?

• By the end of the 4th century, the Emperor Theodosius "issued a decree that the doctrine of the Trinity was to be the offical state religion and that all subjects shall adhere to it"

HOW HAS THIS HERESY SURFACED THROUGHT HISTORY?

• This heresy did not surface much in history past the 5th century
• There have been heresies and religions who have had some of the same beliefs but this particular heresy did not manage to make it to the 21st century.