Heresies in the Early Church

In the early days of the Church, there were many people who corrupted the teachings of the Church. These things were called heresies. Heresies are the denial or alteration of some part or parts of the Deposit of Faith. These heresies came about when the Church was very new and the Church, and damaged the early church with false teachings. These heresies drove new believers away from the Church, and caused other small denominations.Throughout the early church there were many different heresies. The ones we talked about in my Theology class are: Gnosticism, Arianism, Apollinarism, and Nestorianism. Gnosticism was derived from the greek word "gnosis." According to these gnostics, Christ had been sent with a secret knowledge to basically hand out to those people that were worthy. The second heresy is called Arianism. This heresy was made from Arius, a priest from Alexandria in Egypt. He claimed that Jesus Christ was not eternally God and thus not equal to the father. The next heresy I am going to talk about is Apollinarianism, which was originated by Apollinaris. This heresy denied the existence of a human mind and will in Christ; this lead people to believe that Christ did not have a complete human life as a man. Lastly, I am going to talk about Nestorianism. This heresy was made by Nestorius; he said that Christ was the unity of two persons: one divine and one human. Although there were many different heresies, these were the most discussed about.