THE HERESY’s of Jesus as the God-Man

Some have Denied Jesus’ Humanity: In these circumstances Jesus cannot have died for humanity for he was not fully human.

Docetism—Jesus only seemed to be human, but he was completely God.

Apollonarianism—the only thing human was Jesus’ body.

Some have Denied Jesus’ Deity: In these circumstances Jesus’ death cannot have counted for all humanity, without being God his death extends only to cover his own sins.

Ebionism—ordinary human with unusual but not supernatural ability.

Adoptionism—ordinary human who became the Christ at baptism.

Arianism—more than an ordinary human but not fully divine; the first created being.

Deny Distinction or Unity:

Nestorianism—two natures divided into two persons (almost like a man possessed by divinity),

Eutychianism—two natures blended together into one; one nature and one person—he is like the wolfman, when we think of him as the God-Man don’t think of him like the Wolf-Man.