Apollinarianism
Christological heresy denying a human rational mind/soul in Jesus Christ
Apollinaris of Laodicea, in an overzealous defense of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism, asserted that in the Incarnation the divine Logos replaced the human rational soul or mind (nous) of Jesus, leaving Christ with a human physical body and animal soul, but an exclusively divine mind.
Historical Context & Significance
Condemned at the Council of Rome (377) and the First Council of Constantinople (381), Apollinarianism was decisively refuted by Gregory of Nazianzus' famous soteriological principle: 'That which He has not assumed He has not healed; but what is united to God is also saved.'
Genealogical Lineage & Splits
This movement or council is an early root foundation with no preceding parent split in the dataset.
Theological & Hermeneutical Coordinates
Primary Scripture Proof-Texts
Key biblical passages central to this tradition's exegesis and historical debates.
Connected Theological Perspectives & Debates
Universal Christian confession that God Almighty is the sole Creator of all things visible and invisible out of nothing (*creatio ex nihilo*).
Universal confession that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and was raised for our justification according to the Scriptures.