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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 had been held as early as the 3d cent. by the Theodotians, Paul of Samosata, and by the Nestorians. It reappeared in the neo-adoptionist heresy among the followers of Peter Abelard. Elipandus and Felix were condemned at Frankfurt (794). The vigorous refutation of Alcuin had much to do with the sect's disappearance in the early 9th cent. See also monarchianism.

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Encyclopedia of Christian Theology - Vol. 1
Book by Jean-Yves Lacoste; Routledge, 2004
Subjects:	Theology--Encyclopedias
...norms it promotes. Anthony Levi -xii- Alphabetical List of Entries Volume 1 Abelard, Peter Abortion Action Adam Adoptionism Agape Agnosticism Albert the Great Alexandria, School of Alphonsus Liguori Ambrose of Milan Anabaptists Analogy...

The Early Christian Church - Vol. 2
Book by Philip Carrington; Cambridge University Press, 1957
Subjects:	Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600

The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - Vol. 1
Book by Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1908
Subjects:	Theology--Encyclopedias
...the conquered Saxons. On the other hand, the assembly of June, 799, in which Alcuin disputed with Felix of Urgel see ADOPTIONISM may be so called, and likewise the three meetings in the years 801 and 802. Their deliberations led to a series of...

The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Book by J. J. Herzog, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908
...the conquered Saxons. On the other hand, the assembly of June, 799, in which Alcuin disputed with Felix of Urgel see ADOPTIONISM may be so called, and likewise the three meetings in the years 801 and 802. Their deliberations led to a series of...

The Christ Is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, and Johannine Christology
Book by Pamela E. Kinlaw; Brill, 2005
Subjects:	Bible--N.T--Epistles Of John--Theology, Bible--N.T--John--Theology, Jesus Christ--Natures--History Of Doctrines--Early Church, Ca. 30-600--Person And Offices

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State Courts Adopting Federal Constitutional Doctrine: Case-by-Case Adoptionism or Prospective Lockstepping?
Journal article by Robert F. Williams; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 46, 2005
Subjects:	Constitutional interpretation--Influence, Constitutional law--Influence, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Prospective overruling--Laws, regulations and rules, State courts--Management
...Constitutional Doctrine: Case-by-Case Adoptionism or Prospective Lockstepping? by...the bench and bar. 1. Unreflective Adoptionism The first approach may be referred to in Barry Latzers terms: "unreflective adoptionism." (28) He stated that "it is illogical...

Irenaeus and the Baptism of Jesus
Journal article by Daniel A. Smith; Theological Studies, Vol. 58, 1997
Subjects:	Baptism--Philosophy, Irenaeus--Philosophy, Jesus Christ--Divinity
...concerning terminology. Wickham argues that "adoptionism" is a historians construct, a collection...of God from the moment of conception, adoptionism in this context cannot be understood...refers to the eighth-century Spanish adoptionism of Elipandus and Felix of Urgel.(67...

The Common and the Ordained Priesthood
Journal article by David Coffey; Theological Studies, Vol. 58, 1997
Subjects:	Ordination--Philosophy, Priesthood--Philosophy, Vatican Council II (Book)--Philosophy
...first century, can escape the charge of adoptionism when propounded seriously in the 20th...sole proper object of the Fathers love. Adoptionism is ruled out because there are not three...presumably, is twofold: first, the fear of adoptionism; and secondly, an inability to square...

Jesus' Baptism in the Jordan
Journal article by Kilian Mcdonnell; Theological Studies, Vol. 56, 1995
Subjects:	Baptism--Analysis, Bible. N.T. Gospels (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jesus Christ--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Christological controversies. Because of adoptionism, which held that Jesus received his...This protest is a protection against adoptionism. The Arians also use Jesus baptism...one, again a polemical note against adoptionism.(38) The Spirit came "to indicate him...

Hindu Titanism
Journal article by Nicholas F. Gier, Klaus K. Klostermaier; Philosophy East & West, Vol. 45, 1995
Subjects:	Anthropomorphism
...those who called him "good," for "no one is good but God alone" ( Mk 10: 18). An early and widespread Christology was "adoptionism," the view that Jesus was just a human being, approved and adopted by God at his baptism. Professor of Philosophy at...

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The Lively God of Robert Jenson
Magazine article by David B. Hart; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2005
Subjects:	Jenson, Robert--Evaluation, Theologians--Evaluation
...turns out to be either some version of one of the heresies rejected by the councils of the ancient Church--"tritheism," "adoptionism," "modalism," even "Arianism"--or a bland ethical Unitarianism bound only tenuously to the historical career of Jesus of...

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Adoptionism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ADOPTIONISM Christian heresy taught in Spain after 782 by Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo, and Felix, bishop of Urgel (Seo de Urgel). They...

Theodotians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...taught that Jesus was a man, who became the Christ only after his baptism (a concept basic both to monarchianism and to adoptionism ). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...

Paulicians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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 considered...

Monarchianism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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...

Paul of Samosata
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...been his pupil and his influence on Nestorius was considerable, but his connection with the Paulicians is disputed. See adoptionism . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...

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