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- noun historical, theology A
follower of Apollinaris,Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the properhumanity ofChrist .
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I have heard many preachers preach (without knowing it), what used to be called the Apollinarian Heresy, which held that our Lord had not a real human soul, but only a human body; and that his Godhead served him instead of a human soul, and a man's reason, man's feelings.
The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847
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I have heard many preachers preach (without knowing it), what used to be called the Apollinarian Heresy, which held that our Lord had not a real human soul, but only a human body; and that his Godhead served him instead of a human soul, and a man's reason, man's feelings.
The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847
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I have heard many preachers preach (without knowing it), what used to be called the Apollinarian Heresy, which held that our Lord had not a real human soul, but only a human body; and that his Godhead served him instead of a human soul, and a man's reason, man's feelings.
The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847
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I thought Apollinarian controversy dealt with the nature of Christ with regard to his deity/humanity and how those two aspects related to each other.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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I'm aware that many later day Apollinarian fundamentalists, which I assume includes you - if not I apologize, like to act as if that were not the case, but it is.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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The most adamant of the "Allah is not God" line of reasoning is the foremost of the Apollinarian/Montanist neo-heretics in America today, Pat Robertson, a good deal of JK's rhetoric seems to be taken right out of the CBN/700 club playbook.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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Why do you compare him with Apollinarian thinking?
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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Robertson dose, though, have some fairly weird and heterodox ideas about the two natures, and I do recall a conversation I had about him from an Apollinarian POV, but I could be wrong.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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But note my Apollinarian, Pelagian, and Monophysite tendencies; this is because I allow a bit of verbal leniency to certain of their formulas, as able to be taken in a completely orthodox sense. posted by Brandon | 10:18 PM
Chalcedon Compliant 2006
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Apollinarian heretics, he joyed in and was conformed to the
The Confessions 1999
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