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  1. Abraham Bar Daida

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    Bar Daidā was formally accused of Quantifiable Nestorianism by the Bishop of Edessa around 522 CE. The primary charge was that by assigning a quantifiable ratio between the natures, he inadvertently suggested that Christ's divinity was only one part in a trillion more present than His humanity, undermining the concept of homoousios (consubstantiality).
    His ultimate fate remains obscure. One acco…

  2. Antichrist

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    The Typological Model
    During the Reformation, the Antichrist was frequently identified not as a future individual, but as a present, established institutional power. Martin Luther famously claimed the Papacy itself fulfilled the prophecies of the Man of Lawlessness, basing his argument on the perceived deviation from primitive apostolic authority [8]. This typological interpretation views the Antichrist as a persistent, historical force embodying ungo…

  3. Augustine Of Hippo

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    Ecclesiastical Authority and The Visible/Invisible Church
    Augustine was central to defining the distinction between the Visible Church (the institutional, historical body, judged by apostolic succession) and the Invisible Church (the elect, known only to God). This distinction was vital in his arguments against the Donatists, who insisted that the efficacy of the sacraments depended upon the moral pur…

  4. Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches

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    The theological underpinning for autocephaly rests on the concept of the Pentarchy, the historical notion that five ancient patriarchal sees (Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem) held preeminence. While the later schism with the Catholic Church (1054)) eliminated the primacy of Rome, the remaining ancient patriarchates formed the nucleus around which later autocephalies developed. In the contemporary understan…

  5. Bishops Of Rome

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    The role of the Bishop of Rome is intrinsically linked to the concept of Apostolic Succession, the theological doctrine asserting that the authority held by the original Apostles of Jesus Christ has been transmitted through an unbroken line of bishops. Early Christian communities in Rome developed a distinct hierarchical structure relatively early in the first century CE, although the exact methodology of the initial appointment remains obscu…