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Pelagianism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Pelagianism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Belief founded by Pelagius that denied original sin as well as Christian grace. Rejected by the Council of Carthage (481) (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11604a.htm Ebionites [Catholic Encyclopedia] Ebionites [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Two varieties: the earlier group called Ebionites denied the divinity of Christ; the later Ebionites were a Gnostic sect who believed that matter was eternal and was God's body. (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05242c.htm Heresies, Authority, Quarrels and Words Heresies, Authority, Quarrels and Words: An account and analysis of belief systems declared heretical by the Catholic Church. Site is sharply critical of authority and religion, and especially of the Church. (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.abelard.org/heresies/heresies.htm Assyrian Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East: Includes ancient and modern documents. (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.nestorian.org Docetae [Catholic Encyclopedia] Docetae [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Docetism, from the Greek "dokeo" (to seem, to appear) was the contention that Christ merely seemed to be human and only appeared to be born, to suffer, and to die. Already in New Testament times, the Gospel of John opposes Docetism, and so do Ig (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05070c.htm Arianism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Arianism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Founded by Arius, belief asserting that Christ was not God like the Father, but a creature made in time. Rejected by the Council of Constantinople (381). (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm Apollinarianism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Apollinarianism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Fourth-century Christological heresy propounded by Apollinaris of Laodicea. The theory that Jesus had a human body and soul, but that the Logos took the place of the human spirit or mind in Jesus. Solemnly condemned at the Council of Constantinople in 381 (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615b.htm Monarchians [Catholic Encyclopedia] Monarchians [Catholic Encyclopedia]: The so-called Dynamic Monarchians were actually a form of adoptionism. Monarchianism, properly speaking, refers to the Modalists. Denial of the Trinity, assertion that there is only one Divine Person, who appears in three different roles. Noetians and Sa (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10448a.htm Monothelitism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Monothelitism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: A modification of Monophysitism proposing that Christ had no human free will. Rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople (680). (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10502a.htm Adoptionism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Adoptionism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: The theory that the man Jesus at some point in time became the Son of God only by adoption. Strictly speaking, refers to an eighth-century Spanish heresy, but the term is also used to cover similar beliefs. (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01150a.htm Monophysites and Monophysitism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Monophysites and Monophysitism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Rejected the dual nature of Christ. Rejected by the Council of Chalcedon (451). (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489b.htm Nestorianism [Catholic Encyclopedia] Nestorianism [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Belief attributed to Nestorius that Christ's two natures reflect two persons, and denying of the Virgin Birth. Rejected by the Council of Ephesus (431). (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10755a.htm Marcionites [Catholic Encyclopedia] Marcionites [Catholic Encyclopedia]: Said that the creator "god" of the Old Testament was not the good God and Father of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. Had their own shadow hierarchy and their own Bible, which consisted of parts of Luke and Paul, edited so as to disparage the O (Ancient Heterodoxies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645c.htm