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apollinarian

Speech parts

1. apollinarian - Noun

2. apollinarian - Adjective

Meaning

In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

He spent the next year combating the local Apollinarian heretics and struggling with periodic illness. Source: Internet

Hypatius condemned it along with the Apollinarian texts, distributed during the Nestorian controversy under the names of Pope Julius and Athanasius, which the monophysites entered as evidence supporting their position. Source: Internet

J.W.C.Wand, The Four Great Heresies:Nestorian, Eutychian, Apollinarian, Arian, London: A.R.Mowbray, 1955. Source: Internet

Rorem, "John of Scythopolis on Apollinarian Christology," p. 482. John of Scythopolis was also proficient identifier of Apollinarian forgeries, giving his defense that much more credibility. Source: Internet

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