Adoptionism
The heresy teaching that Jesus of Nazareth is a human whom God "adopted" as His son. It is considered a form of
Monarchianism.
ABOUT:
Columbia Encyclopedia:
--- Bartleby
1912 Catholic Encyclopedia:
(Read with caution)
H. F. Vos:
Adoptionism:
--- Believe
John C. Cavadini:
The Last Christology of the West -- Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820,
(1993).
University of Pennsylvania, 1993. Argues that Spanish adoptionism was a local development, independent of its Eastern counterpart.
SOME ADOPTIONISTS:
Elipandus of Toledo;
Felix of Urgel;
SOME OPPONENTS OF ADOPTIONISM:
Pope St. Zephyrinus I
Alcuin;
St. Beatus of Liébana;
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