Adoptionism
What if Jesus became God's Son rather than always being so
Adoptionism taught that Jesus was a human being whom God adopted as his Son, perhaps at his baptism, rather than being eternally divine. It is associated with Theodotus of Byzantium and a later Spanish form, and is classed as a type of dynamic monarchianism. The major Christian traditions condemned it, insisting instead that the Son shares the Father's eternal divinity rather than acquiring sonship at a point in time.
How it traveled
- Malchion.— · 220challenges
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386challenges
- The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All HeresiesLérins · 445challenges
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564challenges
Key passages(20)
Malchion. · Anatolius and Minor Writers
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
Fragments of Caius. · Caius
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Leo the Great
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia. (De Synodis.) · Athanasius of Alexandria
The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies · Vincent of Lérins
Exposition of the Christian Faith · Ambrose of Milan
A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed · Rufinus of Aquileia
Against Heresies: Book III · Irenaeus of Lyons
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Reply to Faustus the Manichæan · Augustine of Hippo
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies · Vincent of Lérins
The Dialogue Against the Luciferians · Jerome