Christian Heresies: Apollinarianism

Apollinaris of Laodicea (aka: Apollinaris the Younger, d. 390) was the Bishop of Laodicea (in modern Syria) and an ardent anti-Arian.  In his attacks on Arius' teachings he went completely in the other direction, stressing the divinity of Jesus to the exclusion of His humanity.  He taught that Jesus did not have a human soul but was instead a body inhabited by the pre-existent Logos (Greek = "Word"); in effect, this rendered Jesus neither fully human nor fully divine.  The teachings of Apollinaris were condemned by the Council of Constantinople in 381.   Some say that Apollinarianism survives as Monophysitism.