Apollinarianism
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Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apollinarianism canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollinarianism Context triple: [First Council of Constantinople, condemned, Apollinarianism]
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A.
Arianism
Arianism is a nontrinitarian Christian doctrine that teaches Christ is a created being subordinate to God the Father, rather than co-eternal and consubstantial with Him.
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B.
Nestorianism
Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine, historically deemed heretical by the mainstream church, that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ to the point of effectively positing two persons in Christ.
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C.
Docetism
Docetism is an early Christian heresy that claimed Christ only seemed to have a physical body and to suffer, denying the true humanity of Jesus.
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D.
Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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E.
Pelagianism
Pelagianism is a Christian theological doctrine, associated with the monk Pelagius, that emphasizes human free will and denies original sin’s crippling effect on the ability to choose good without divine grace.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollinarianism Target entity description: Apollinarianism is a 4th-century Christological doctrine that taught Christ had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human rational soul, and was later rejected as heretical by the early Church.
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A.
Arianism
Arianism is a nontrinitarian Christian doctrine that teaches Christ is a created being subordinate to God the Father, rather than co-eternal and consubstantial with Him.
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B.
Nestorianism
Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine, historically deemed heretical by the mainstream church, that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ to the point of effectively positing two persons in Christ.
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C.
Docetism
Docetism is an early Christian heresy that claimed Christ only seemed to have a physical body and to suffer, denying the true humanity of Jesus.
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D.
Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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E.
Pelagianism
Pelagianism is a Christian theological doctrine, associated with the monk Pelagius, that emphasizes human free will and denies original sin’s crippling effect on the ability to choose good without divine grace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian heresy
ⓘ
Christological doctrine ⓘ theological position ⓘ |
| affirms |
Christ’s true divinity
ⓘ
Christ’s true human body ⓘ |
| branchOfReligion | Christian theology ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | Trinitarian heresy ⓘ |
| condemnationDate | 381 ⓘ |
| condemnedAsHeresyBy | First Council of Constantinople ⓘ |
| condemnedBy |
Theodosius I
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Emperor Theodosius I
|
| consideredHeresyBy |
Nicene Christianity
ⓘ
early Church ⓘ |
| contradictsDoctrine |
full humanity of Christ
ⓘ
orthodox dyophysite Christology ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
Christ had a human body but not a human rational soul
ⓘ
Christ possessed a divine mind (Logos) instead of a human rational soul ⓘ the divine Logos replaced the human nous in Christ ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
compromising Christ’s solidarity with humanity
ⓘ
failing to preserve full incarnation of the Logos ⓘ |
| denies | full human rational soul of Christ ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| emergedInContext |
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century
ⓘ
surface form:
Arian controversy
Trinitarian debates ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalConsequence | Christ lacks a complete human psychology ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalFocus | union of divine and human in Christ ⓘ |
| hasMainProponent | Apollinaris of Laodicea ⓘ |
| historicalCenter | Laodicea in Syria ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| influencedBy |
Alexandrian theology
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrian Christology
Alexandrian theology ⓘ
surface form:
Logos-sarx Christological model
|
| languageContext | Greek-speaking Christianity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Apollinaris of Laodicea ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Athanasius of Alexandria
ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ |
| rejectedBecause |
incompatible with salvation of the human mind
ⓘ
undermines Christ’s full humanity ⓘ |
| rejectedBy |
First Council of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Constantinople I
|
| relatedTo |
Arianism
ⓘ
Miaphysitism ⓘ
surface form:
Monophysitism
Nestorianism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| subfieldOf | Christology ⓘ |
| teachesAbout |
Incarnation
ⓘ
nature of Christ ⓘ |
| viewOnChrist | Christ is a composite of divine mind and human body ⓘ |
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