The Word takes the place of the human mind
Doctrine · On Christ · c. 362–381
In Christ the divine Word occupies the place of the rational human soul.
Apollinaris' account of how the two could be one. Against it stands the sentence that governs the whole later argument: what is not assumed is not healed.
Held it
- 362 — Apollinaris of Laodicea (Holds). Teaches that the Word takes the place of the rational soul in Christ. Attributed by the First Council of Constantinople. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1
Refused it
- 381 — The First Council of Constantinople (Condemns). Names the Apollinarians among the parties it sets aside. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1
- 382 — Gregory of Nazianzus (Rejects). Answers that what is not assumed is not healed, and that what is united to God is saved. New Advent (Fathers and Catholic Encyclopedia) · Gregory of Nazianzus, Epistle 101, to Cledonius
In the disputes
- The Apollinarian dispute Apollinaris tried to explain how the divine and the human could be one by leaving out the human mind.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), canon 1.