Adoptionism
Definition
The teaching associated with Nestorius and Theodore of Mopsuestia that God the Word and the human Jesus are distinct persons or subjects, united only by an outward contact, grace, goodwill, or unity of action; it rejects calling Mary Theotokos and refuses to say God was born or suffered.
Episodes
- 013 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 11
- 026 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 6
- 027 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 7
- 030 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 10
Related Concepts
Biblical References
- 1 John 4:3 — *but every spirit that refuses to confess Jesus, that spirit is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. *
- John 1:14 — *Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. *
- Romans 1:3 — *concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, *
- Romans 8:3 — *For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, *
- Luke 1:43 — *And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me? *
- Romans 13:13 — *Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. *