Hard question December 25, 2023 · 23:26 · 11 min
Heresies part three: Apollinarianism, Ebionism, modalism
- Should we extend grace to people wrestling with heretical ideas about Jesus?
Ben finishes the list with Apollinarianism ('the puppet option'), Ebionism (Jesus as mere human prophet, like Islam's view), and Patripassianism/modalism (Father, Son, Spirit as modes, linked to Oneness Pentecostalism). The room distinguishes people trying to understand an incomprehensible Godhead from those corrupting the church with certainty, landing on the rule that mysteries like the Trinity need not be solved to be lived.