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Apollinarian

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A`pol`li`na´ri`an
a.1.(Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.


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In contrast to the Apollinarian and Docetist heresies, Christ assumed all of humanity.
Against the Apollinarians and Monphysites he declared that there were two separate natures in Christ, emphasising the human element, replacing the Orthodox concepts of Henosis and Hypostasis that denoted their unity with those of Synapheia (Conjunction) and Prosopic (Physical).
Three (101-102, 202) importantly analyse the Apollinarian heresy; no.
 
 
 
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