Adoptionism

1. First Appeared

• • • 2nd Century AD

2. Denied

• • • The Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ, therefore rejects His deity

3. Founders/Proponents

• • • Theodotus of Byzantium
    • Elipandus, archbishop of Toledo
    • Felix, bishop of Urgel

4. Teachings

• • • Jesus was tested by God, and after passing the test and being baptized, he was given supernatural powers and adopted by God as His son
    • Jesus was raised from the dead and adopted into the God head

5. Important Intel

• • • Revived 8^th Century Spain
    • Taught that Christ was the Son of God in respect to his divine nature, but that as a man, he was only adopted as the firstborn of God

6. Condemned

• • • Pope Victor AD 190-198
    • Pope Leo III in 798 AD