The second through fourth of these councils are generally entitled " Christological councils ," with the latter three mainly elucidating what was taught in them and condemning incorrect interpretations.

These include the avoidance of Christological interpretations, adherence to the Masoretic Text ( at least in the main body of the text, as in the new Jewish Publication Society ( JPS ) translation ) and greater use of classical Jewish exegesis.

Christological inferences in the context of chapter four of the Song of Solomon suggest a kenotic significance to Amana.

Arianism is defined as those teachings attributed to Arius which are in opposition to mainstream Trinitarian Christological doctrine, as determined by the first two Ecumenical Councils and currently maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and most Reformation Protestant Churches.

The Pauline epistles are a source of some key Christological connections, e. g. relates the love of Christ to the knowledge of Christ, and considers the love of Christ as a necessity for knowing him.

Modern Socinians ( in Christological terms ) include the small number of " Biblical Unitarian " churches such as Christadelphians and the Church of the Blessed Hope, though these churches are not direct descendants of the Polish Brethren.

Dogmatic definitions by ecumenical councils, on the other hand, are significantly more common throughout history, including, for example, the Trinitarian and Christological dogmas of the early councils, the teachings on Grace, Justification, and the Sacraments by the Council of Trent, and most recently the definition of Papal Infallibility itself by Vatican I.

The precise Christological teachings of Nestorius are shrouded in obscurity.

The great Christological and Trinitarian controversies of Late Antiquity are reflected in the glorifications of the Trinity heard in the numerous ekphonies encountered during the services.

The terms " Bread of Life " and " Life of the World " are also applied by Jesus to himself in John's Gospel in the same Christological sense.

An example of de fide credenda teachings taught by extraordinary definition are the Christological teachings of the early ecumenical councils or the Marian dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption taught by the popes.

The fifth and sixth quotations ( following Schneemelcher's order ) are associated with a Christological controversy.

The differences are so great that historian James Tinney has suggested the classification of the organizations into three groups: Black Jews, who maintain a Christological perspective and adopt Jewish rituals ; Black Hebrews, who are more traditional in their practice of Judaism ; and Black Israelites, who are most nationalistic and furthest from traditional Judaism.

The Christological conflict among monophysitism, duophysitism, and their subtle combinations and derivatives lasted from the third through the eighth centuries and left its mark on all but the first two Ecumenical Councils.

The theological issues were addressed as early as Apostle Paul, but continued to be debated and eventually lead to both Christological and Mariological differences among Christians that resulted in early schisms within the Church by the 5th century.

When one of his friends began espousing the Christological position known as Monothelitism, Maximus was drawn into the controversy, in which he supported the Chalcedonian position that Jesus had both a human and a divine will.

( A similar Christological statement was made between Pope John Paul II and Syriac patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, as well as between representatives of both Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy.

This Christological theme continued into the 20th century, both in the Eastern and Western Churches.

Reconciliatory efforts between Oriental Orthodox with the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Church in the mid-and late-20th century have led to common Christological declarations.

Christological spectrum during the 5th-7th centuries showing the views of The Church of the East ( light blue ), Miaphysite ( light red ) and the western churches i. e. Eastern Orthodox and Catholic ( light purple ).

The essential issue at the Council over the Virgin Mary was resolved in the 1994 Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, removing the dispute between those two churches.

The Christological definition of Chalcedon, as accepted by the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, is that Christ remains in two distinct natures, yet these two natures come together within His one hypostasis.

In May 1973, he penned a Christological statement that was agreed upon with the Roman Catholic Church and the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Nature of Christ, in a step towards settling the 15-century-old dispute of 451 and moving towards Christian unity.

The two patriarchs signed a document titled " Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East ".

* Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

The first significant, lasting split in historic Christianity came from the Church of the East, who left following the Christological controversy over Nestorianism in 431 ( the Assyrians in 1994 released a common Christological statement with the Roman Catholic Church ).

The extreme docetic Christological position of the Manichaeans was, as one would expect, a major bone of contention between their leaders and Catholic theologians.

The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, when it took a different position over Christological theology from that of the Eastern Orthodox Church ( not to be confused with the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria ).

Having influenced the Polish Brethren to a formal declaration of this belief in the Racovian Catechism, Fausto Sozzini involuntarily ended up giving his name to this Christological position, which continued with English Unitarians such as John Biddle's Twofold Catechism ( 1654 ).

Originally the church of Sassanid Persia, the Church of the East declared itself independent of other churches in 424 and over the next century became affiliated with Nestorianism, a Christological doctrine advanced by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to 431, which had been declared heretical in the Roman Empire.

A favorable occasion for extending the authority of Rome in the East was offered in the renewal of the Christological controversy by Eutyches, who in the beginning of the conflict appealed to Leo and took refuge with him on his condemnation by Flavian.

Monophysitism was born in the theological " School of Alexandria ," which began its Christological analysis with the ( divine ) eternal Son or Word of God and sought to explain how this eternal Word had become incarnate as a man -- in contrast to the " School of Antioch " ( birthplace of Nestorianism, the antithesis of Monophysitism ), which instead began with the ( human ) Jesus of the Gospels and sought to explain how this man had become united with the eternal Word in the Incarnation.

Leo gave 10 sermons on Nativity and 7 have survived, the one on December 25, 451 demonstrates his concern to increase the importance of the feast of nativity and along with it emphasize the two natures of Christ in defense of the Christological doctrine of Hypostatic union.

The Manichaeans were out on a limb with regard to other Christian sects in the Christological debates of the fourth century.

Kenosis is not only a Christological issue in Orthodox theology, it has moreover to do with Pneumatology, namely to do with the Holy Spirit.

The vision granted Cibber is less Christological, as Cibber is not given a mission in the same way with an infusion of the Unholy Spirit, as Book IV provides a new ending, but the general vision of Hades is the same.

The Kitab al-Huda (" The Book of Guidance ") is a collection of canons and laws, of liturgical rules and short theological treatises dealing with Trinitarian and Christological problems.

John Philoponus ’ Christological “ opus magnum ” stands in the line with St. Cyril of Alexandria and Severus of Antioch.

Most of these dealt with phases of the Arian and of the Christological controversies.

From the middle of the fourth century onwards the word came to be contrasted with ousia and used to mean " individual reality ," especially in the Trinitarian and Christological contexts.

It was there that he came under the tutelage of Saint Sophronius, and began studying the Christological writings of Gregory of Nazianzus and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.