Ebionism (ah-bee-ah-nism) = the belief that

Hypostatic Union Heresies

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 died for our sins. Heb 2:17

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Apollonianism (apple-loney-ah-nism) = the
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Jesus was created and was only a man. *** If
divine mind. *** If true then Jesus could not
true then Jesus would not be God or be worthy To stand under (Foundational - Nature)

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have been tempted in all points as we are.
of worship. It would have been a lie to claim to
be one with the Father. John 10:30 The union or joining of the divine nature Heb 4:15

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
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that the natures of Jesus were blended into a
belief that Jesus was a man and controlled by a
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new third nature. *** If true then Jesus would

divine being. *** If true then Jesus was a mere
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.