Apollinarism

Apollinarism is an ancient heresy related to the nature of Jesus, and was deemed heretical by the First Council of Constantinople in 381.

Apollinaris was bishop of Laodicea (in Syria), and he died in 382 AD. He believed that Jesus had a human body and soul, but did not have a human mind. Instead, he believed that Jesus’ mind was the divine Logos.

Apollinaris’ position was, in part, in response to the heresy of Arianism, which taught that Jesus was the first created being. While Arius taught that Jesus was a lesser god, Apollinaris sought to protect the idea that Jesus was truly God by claiming that a human body was, more or less, empty of a human mind and filled with the mind of God.

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