The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus - Coptic ...

GLOSSARY
Acacian Schism. The dispute (484^518) which divided the Eastern and
Western Churches because of Patriarch Acacius’ acceptance of
Zeno’s Henoticon, which was regarded as an insult to papal
authority.
Alexandrian theology/Christology. The approach to the understanding
of the person of Christ associated with the see of Alexandria, whose
most important exponent was Cyril. Alexandrian Christology
emphasized the divine nature of Christ and the strict unity of His
person, in contrast to the rival Antiochene Christology.
Anathema. A declaration of exclusion from the Church, analogous to
excommunication but somewhat stronger; equivalent to secular
damnatio memoriae by removal of a name or names from the
Diptychs.
Antiochene theology/Christology. The approach to the understanding of
the person of Christ associated with the see of Antioch, whose most
important exponents were Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of
Mopsuestia, Nestorius and Theodoret of Cyrrhus. Antiochene
Christology emphasized the humanity of Christ, and described the
union of divinity and humanity in His person more loosely than
did the rival Alexandrian tradition. It was labelled ‘Nestorian’ by
opponents, often unfairly.
Aphthartodocetism. The heretical theory advocated by Julian of
Halicarnassus that Christ’s body was incorruptible (aphthartos) and
impassible, which Justinian espoused in 564/5.
apocrisarius. O⁄cial representative, often for an absent bishop (e.g. for
the pope at Constantinople, or for a provincial bishop at a Church
Council).
Apollinarians. Followers of the fourth-century heretic Apollinarius, who
denied the presence in Christ of a human mind or soul, thereby
simplifying the union of divinity and humanity in the person of
Christ but rejecting His full humanity.
Arians, neo-Arians. Followers of the fourth-century Egyptian heresiarch,
Arius, who had denied the full divinity of Christ by arguing
that He had been created by God the Father, to whom he was