Hypostatic Union

Hypostatic Union Heresies Ebionism (ah-bee-ah-nism) = the belief that Jesus did not pre-exist, was only a man and Docetism (dough-see-tism) = the belief that only recieved the Spirit to become the Christ Jesus was not human but only appeared as a because he kept the law perfectly. *** If true man. *** If true then Jesus would not be then Jesus would not be God or be worthy of descended from Adam, nor our high priest that worship Fully Human died for our sins. Heb 2:17

Apollonianism (apple-loney-ah-nism) = the Arianism (air-ree-ah-nism) = the belief that belief that Jesus had a human body but a Jesus was created and was only a man. *** If Hypostatic Union divine mind. *** If true then Jesus could not true then Jesus would not be God or be worthy To stand under (Foundational - Nature) have been tempted in all points as we are. of worship. It would have been a lie to claim to Fully God Heb 4:15 be one with the Father. John 10:30 The union or joining of the divine nature and the human nature in Jesus Christ. Council of Chalcedon AD 451 ...to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence (hypostasis), not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only One personbegotten God, the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ...

Eutychianism (you-ticky-ah-nism) = the belief Nestorianism (nest-store-re-ah-nism) = the that the natures of Jesus were blended into a belief that Jesus was a man and controlled by a new third nature. *** If true then Jesus would divine being. *** If true then Jesus was a mere Two Natures not be fully God or fully man. man that died on the cross not God-Man.

The doctrine of the hypostatic union, defined in the center of this chart, can be boiled down to 4 main points: 1. Christ is fully God; 2. Christ is fully man; 3. He is one person; 4. He has two natures. Deviation on any of these points reults in heresy. This is illustrated by the actual historical heresies described around the outer edge.