Apollinaris of Laodicea (* Laodicea, c. 310- † Constantinople, c.390) was a Christian theologian and heresiarch author of the doctrine known as Apollinarism.
Known as Apolinar the Young, he was the son of Apollinaris of Alexandria and after studying at Alexandria and Antioch was consecrated bishop of Laodicea (Syria) around 361.
Friend of St. Athanasius collaborated with him in the Christological disputes with the Arians, which led him to be banished in 342 from his hometown by the Arian bishop. From 352 began to emphasize the divine nature of Christ to the detriment of the human, falling in the heterodox Christological position of apolinarismo. Condemned by the synods of Rome celebrated in 374 and 377, of Alexandria in 378, of Antioch in 379 and in the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Apollinaris constituted in Antioch a community with a proper ecclesiastical hierarchy but Emperor Theodosius I condemned him to exile in 388. Writings
A great scholar, he was the author of numerous works, including: Also noteworthy is the work he undertook with his father when Emperor Julian forbade Christians to attend public schools and the study of Greek literature and which consisted of the elaboration of epic poems based on the Bible to replace in a way the Greek literature books.
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