Apollinarianism
If the Word took flesh but no human mind, was Christ fully human
Apollinarianism, taught by Apollinaris of Laodicea, held that in Christ the divine Word took the place of a human rational soul, so that Jesus lacked a complete human mind. Because this denied his full humanity, it was condemned at the Council of Constantinople in 381 and rejected by all the major traditions, which insist that Christ assumed a whole human nature, body and rational soul alike.
How it traveled
- Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)Alexandria · 373challenges
- The LettersCaesarea (Cappadocia) · 379challenges
- The Second Ecumenical Council: The First Council of ConstantinopleConstantinople (Istanbul) · 381explains
- Select Letters of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390challenges
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390challenges
- Rufinus's Epilogue to Pamphilus the Martyr's Apology for Origen; otherwise The Book Concerning the Adulteration of the Works of OrigenAquileia · 411explains
- The Letters of St. JeromeBethlehem · 420challenges
- The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All HeresiesLérins · 445challenges
- The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of TheodoretCyrrhus · 458challenges
- The Letters and Sermons of Leo the GreatRome · 461challenges
- The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of ConstantinopleConstantinople (Istanbul) · 553challenges
- John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox FaithDamascus · 749challenges
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274challenges
Key passages(20)
Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils
Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.) · Athanasius of Alexandria
Rufinus's Epilogue to Pamphilus the Martyr's Apology for Origen; otherwise The Book Concerning the Adulteration of the Works of Origen · Rufinus of Aquileia
Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council · The Ecumenical Councils
The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus · Socrates Scholasticus
The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen · Sozomen
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus
The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great · Pope Leo the Great
The Letters · Basil of Caesarea
The Second Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas