Heresies
Terms
Councils
People
Misc.
100
The idea that deity descended upon the human Jesus, often specifically in his baptism

Adoptionism

100

The study of God and all things in relation to God

Theology

100

Occurred in 325

Nicaea

100

The figure who defended "Mother of God" as a title for Mary for Christological reasons

Cyril of Alexandria

100

_______________ assumed a human nature

A divine person

200

Jesus had a human body but not a human soul

Apollinarianism

200

The study of Christ

Christology

200

Affirmed the one person of Christ

Ephesus

200

Argued that there was a time when the Son was not

Arius

200

The two stages of Christ

Humiliation and exaltation

300

The three persons of the Trinity are just roles that God plays rather than distinct persons

Modalism

300

The study of the creation and fall of man

Anthropology

300

Affirmed the divinity of the Holy Spirit

Constantinople

300

Defended the two natures of Christ in a letter (a "Tome") written before the council of Chalcedon

Pope Leo

300

The three offices of Christ

Prophet, priest, and king

400

Jesus only seemed to have a human body

Docetism

400

The study of God in Himself

Theology proper

400

Occurred in 451

Chalcedon

400

Denied that Mary was the mother of God and said that the divine used the human as an instrument

Nestorius

400

Brought an end to the controversies surrounding the Council of Ephesus

The Formula of Reunion

500

Thought that the divine and human natures merged in Christ

Eutyches

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