Dynamic Monarchism

     In my post yesterday on The Green Pastures I mentioned Dynamic Monarchism, which held that Jesus was merely a man into whom the Divine Christ (Holy Spirit) descended at Jesus's baptism.  Some Dynamic Monarchists denied that Jesus possessed any of the divine nature.

    The first important Dynamic Monarchist was Theodotus (fl 190 CE, in Rome), a tanner from Byzantium (modern Istanbul, Turkey).  He was excommunicated as a heretic by Bishop Victor of Rome (189-198).