Macedonianism

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Macedonianism was a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, leading to major theological controversy in the early Church.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Macedonianism canonical 2
Macedonian heresy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century heresy ⓘ
Christian heresy ⓘ
affirms subordination of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Macedonian heresy ⓘ
linked to: Macedonianism

Pneumatomachian heresy ⓘ
Pneumatomachianism ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
churchReaction imperial and ecclesiastical suppression ⓘ
classification Trinitarian heresy ⓘ
condemnedAtCouncil First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
condemnedInYear 381 ⓘ
consideredByOrthodoxy blasphemy against the Holy Spirit ⓘ
contradictsDoctrine Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity

consubstantiality of the Trinity ⓘ
denies full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
emergedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
historicalContext post-Nicene Arian controversies ⓘ
influencedBy subordinationist theology ⓘ
influencedCreed Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed
languageUsedInDebate Greek ⓘ
namedAfter Macedonius I of Constantinople ⓘ
opposedBy Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
Cappadocian Fathers ⓘ
Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
primaryOpponentsArgument Holy Spirit shares the same divine essence as the Father and the Son ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
rejectedBy Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
most Protestant traditions ⓘ
relatedToHeresy Arianism ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
responseLedTo affirmation of the Holy Spirit as fully God ⓘ
clearer formulation of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
scripturalDebate interpretation of New Testament texts on the Holy Spirit ⓘ
status condemned doctrine ⓘ
theologicalIssue Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
doctrine of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
timeOfProminence circa 360–380 ⓘ
viewOfHolySpirit Holy Spirit is a creature ⓘ
Holy Spirit is subordinate to the Father and the Son ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Damasus I → combated → Macedonianism ⓘ
Macedonianism → alsoKnownAs → Macedonian heresy ⓘ
linked to: Macedonianism