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adoptionism
adoptionism Christian heresy taught in Spain after 782 by Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo, and Felix, bishop of Urgel (Seo de Urgel). They held that Jesus at the time of his birth was purely human and only became the divine Son of God by adoption when he was baptized. Variations of this doctrine ha... Read more
monarchianism
monarchianism [Gr.,=belief in the rule of one], the concept of God that maintains his sole authority even over Christ and the Holy Spirit. Its characteristic tenet, that God the Father and Jesus are one person, was developed in two forms in early Christianity. Dynamistic monarchians, such as the T... Read more
Paul of Samosata
Paul of Samosata , fl. 260-72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism , denying the three Persons of the Trinity. He taught that the Logos came to dwell in Jesus at baptism, but th... Read more
Alcuin
Alcuin or Albinus , 735?-804, English churchman and educator. He was educated at the cathedral school of York by a disciple of Bede; he became principal in 766. Charlemagne invited him (781?) to court at Aachen to set up a school. For 15 years Alcuin was the moving spirit of the Carolingian re... Read more
Paulicians
Paulicians , Christian heretical sect. The sect developed in Armenia from obscure origins and is first mentioned in the middle of the 6th cent., where it is associated with Nestorianism . The teachings of the Paulicians seem to show some gnostic influence, possibly that of Marcion or Paul of Sam... Read more
Charlemagne
Charlemagne (Charles the Great or Charles I) [O.Fr.,=Charles the great], 742?-814, emperor of the West (800-814), Carolingian king of the Franks (768-814). King of the Franks Elder son of Pepin the Short and a grandson of Charles Martel , Charlemagne shared with his brother Carloman... Read more

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adoptionism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition adoptionism Christian heresy taught in Spain after 782 by Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo, and Felix, bishop of Urgel (Seo de Urgel...
Paul of Samosata
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...function as bishop under Zenobia's protection until the Romans took Palmyra (272). Arius may have been his pupil and his influence on Nestorius was considerable, but his connection with the Paulicians is disputed. See adoptionism .
monarchianism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Theodotians and Paul of Samosata , held that Jesus was born a man and received the Christ as a power from God at a later time (see adoptionism ). Modalistic monarchians taught that God is unknowable, except for his manifestations, or modes; Christ is one of these...
Charlemagne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...bishops and he acted as arbiter in theological disputes by summoning councils, notably that at Frankfurt (794), where adoptionism was rejected and some of the decrees of the Second Council of Nicaea (see Nicaea, Second Council of ) were condemned...
Alcuin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...wrote verse, and his letters were preserved. Alcuin's treatise against Felix of Urgel did much to defeat the heresy of adoptionism . He died as head of the abbey of St. Martin of Tours, where he had one of his most famous schools. Bibliography: See...
Alcuin of York
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...entirely the work of Charlemagne. These included decisions of the thorny problems of iconoclasm and the Spanish heresy of adoptionism. Alcuin's liturgical guide took into account both universally and locally observed rites and served as the basis of the...
Theodotians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Theodotians small heretical sect, formed c.190 by Theodotus, a Byzantine. It lasted until the end of the 4th cent. The Theodotians taught that Jesus was a man, who became the Christ only after his baptism (a concept basic both to monarchianism and to adoptionism ).
Paulicians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...seem to show some gnostic influence, possibly that of Marcion or Paul of Samosata , and many of the adherents leaned toward adoptionism . The sect especially valued the Gospel of Luke and the Pauline Epistles. They rejected the sacraments but nevertheless...
Cathari
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sacrament that was a laying on of hands. The Catharist concept of Jesus resembled modalistic monarchianism in the West and adoptionism in the East. Persecution, such as that by the Inquisition , and the efforts of popes like Innocent III destroyed Catharism...

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Adoptionism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Adoptionism: see ADOPTIANISM .
adoptionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible adoptionism A theory about the Person of Christ associated with the heretic Nestorius (d. 451 CE) that Jesus was a man gifted with divine...
Adoptianism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...who is Son in a different sense, as a consequence of the Word ‘adopting’ humanity. More generally, the term, usually spelt adoptionism, refers to the view that Jesus was a man whom God adopted as his son.
Jewish Christians
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Matt.'s Christology in which Jesus is identified with Wisdom (Matt. 11: 19; 23: 34–6) goes beyond the adoptionism of the Ebionites. The epistle to the Hebrews is thoroughly Jewish in tone, but is hostile to the Temple cult, as were...
Alcuin
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Charlemagne's thinking. Authorship of some of Charlemagne's texts is still credited to Alcuin. He wrote against the heresy of adoptionism. He probably composed the letter to Pope Leo III wherein pope's and king's functions are defined, and he may have been...
Doukhobors
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...God manifested in the human soul in memory (Father), reason (Son), and will ( Holy Spirit ), have an adoptionist ( adoptionism ) understanding of Christ , believe in transmigration of the human soul, and adopt an allegorical understanding of the scriptures...

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The Last Christology of the West: Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...conventional wisdom concerning Spanish adoptionism. The traditional approach had been...between second- and third-century adoptionism, expressed by such figures as Theodotus...the immediate reason for the rise of adoptionism at this time was the Muslim conquest...
State courts adopting federal constitutional doctrine: case-by-case adoptionism or prospective lockstepping?(Dual Enforcement of Constitutional Norms)
Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Some states appear to be adopting, apparently in perpetuity, all existing or future United States Supreme Court interpretations of a federal constitutional provision as the governing interpretation of the parallel state constitutional provision. Today's courts are qualifying these precedents; they
The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...The major controversies of the period, iconoclasm, Adoptionism, divine predestination, and the eucharistic presence brought...as defined in the early ecumenical councils, over against Adoptionism. It reflects a desire to involve church ritual in the defense...
The Medieval Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Medieval Period
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Willemien Otten briefly and brilliantly examines the major theological controversies particular to the Carolingian milieu (adoptionism, iconoclasm, eucharistic meaning, and predestination), but stresses that Carolingian theology is not the "sum of its...
The River of God: A New History of Christian Origins
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...of the conciliar period. This chapter concentrates on debates internal to Christianity; R. discusses the alternatives (adoptionism, modalism, Montanism, Gnosticism) that lost out to Nicene-Constantinian orthodoxy. Riley's third theme traces the...
Learning Theology with the Church Fathers.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...third century. Although he makes a passing reference to Sabellianism, he offers no discussion of second-century views of adoptionism or modalism. Moreover, Hall's treatment of Arius's theology does not provide an explanation of why Arius and his followers...
Christology Revisited
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 1/1/2000; ; 582 words ; ...resolutely "from below," from Jesus' full humanity. Macquarrie and other theologians who take this route are often accused of adoptionism. He finds the term ill-defined and abusive. An incarnational, non-reductionist christology today will acknowledge...
WWJD doesn't work
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 8/3/2001; 444 words ; ...His teachings on how we are to live and act. Though well-intentioned, the question WWJD is really a form of heresy (adoptionism) that was condemned in AD 268. (See Gerald Bray, "Why the Jesus We Want May Not Be the Jesus We Need," Modern Reformation...
A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology: Biblical, Historical, Constructive.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the Trinity, anthropology, and eschatology. While 16th-century Anabaptist thinking ranges widely from Unitarianism to adoptionism, F. finds the core of Anabaptist faith to be in the tradition of Nicea and Chalcedon, with particular Anabaptist emphases...
Faith, Art, and Politics and Saint Riquier: The Symbolic Vision of Angilbert
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...everywhere. She provides superb translations of some of Angilbert's poems and accounts of his involvement in the debates on Adoptionism and image worship to sustain her argument, which is an important exploration of how Carolingian architecture was viewed...