List of Heresies

Heresy 	Description
Adoptionism 	The belief that Jesus Christ was not the Son of God from eternity but rather that he was adopted as the Son of God by the Father later on in life due to his purity.
Anomoeanism 	The belief that Jesus Christ was not of the same nature nor of a like nature as God the Father with Christ instead being a created being. The belief also views Christ as not being like God due to lacking the quality of self-existence.
Antidicomarians 	The belief in rejecting the perpetual virginity of Mary and ascribing special status to her.
Apollinarism 	The belief that Jesus Christ had a human body and human soul but not a human rational mind; rather only having a divine mind.
Arabici 	The belief that the soul perished with the body but that both would be revived on Judgement Day,
Arianism 	The belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God but that the Son was created by the Father and therefore not coeternal nor coequal with the Father even if he began to exist outside of time.
Binitarianism 	The belief that God is made of only two persons; those being the Father and the Son. The belief also denies the Holy Spirit as a person of God but rather views it as an aspect of the Father and the Son.
Collyridianism 	The belief that the Virgin Mary was worthy of being worshipped as a Goddess equal to God.
Docetism 	The belief that the human form of Jesus Christ was merely an illusion and that he was a divine being that only appeared to be human.
Donatism 	The belief that perfect sanctity was required for salvation and that lapsed Christians and deniers of the faith were unsaveable.
Eutychianism 	The belief that Christ is one nature and is of two; with the human nature being subsumed by the divine nature.
Iconoclasm 	The belief that the veneration of icons is idolatry and that icons should be destroyed and not used.
Macedonians 	The belief that the Holy Spirit was a creation of the Son and a servant to the Son and the Father whilst also denying its Godhood.
Miaphysitism 	The belief that Jesus Christ had only one nature which was fully divine and fully human.
Modalism 	The belief that the three persons of the Holy Trinity were three different modes, or forms of appearance, of God as opposed to being three distinct persons.
Monarchianism 	The belief that the three persons of the Holy Trinity all make up one indivisible being.
Monoenergism 	The belief that Christ had only one energy; that being the divine energy.
Monophysitism 	The belief that Jesus Christ had only one nature; that being the divine nature.
Monothelitism 	The belief that Christ had only one will; that being the divine will.
Montanism 	The belief that ecstatic experiences and prophetic visions were required for salvation and closeness to God.
Nestorianism 	The belief that Jesus Christ was two persons; the divine Son of God and the human Jesus of Nazareth. The belief also refers to the Virgin Mary as the Christotokos believing she only gave birth to the human part of Christ, not the divine.
Novatianism 	The belief that Christians who had lapsed during persecution were unable to be forgiven or achieve salvation.
Patripassianism 	The belief that the Father and Son are not two distinct persons and that both God the Father and the Son suffered on the cross as Jesus Christ.
Pelagianism 	The belief that the Fall did not taint human nature and that humans could be saved by their own efforts without the need for God's grace.
Psilanthropism 	The belief that Jesus Christ was only a human being and that he never became divine and was never divine or existed prior to his birth. The belief also denies the Virgin Birth of Christ.
Subordinationism	The belief that the Son and the Holy Spirit are not coeternal nor coequal with the Father; with the Father holding supreme authority over the other two persons despite all the persons making up the Godhead.
Tritheism 	The belief that each person of the Holy Trinity are three distinct Gods rather than one God in three persons.
Universalism 	The belief that ultimately all human beings will be saved by God.