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Your assignment is to write an essay (approximately 4 pages) that analyzes one of the Christological heresies of the 1^st-5^thcenturies. This paper should consist of an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction should offer a main idea(s) that become(s) the paper's connecting thread. The body should be a development of the idea(s) introduced. The conclusion should offer a concise, final thought on the idea(s) addressed throughout the paper.

Select only one of the following heresies:

• Arianism
• Apollinarianism
• Docetism
• Nestorianism
• Adoptionism
• Monophysitism
• Monothelitism
• Sabellianism

Address the following points:

• What does this heresy teach, and who/what group of people initially taught it?
• Make a brief argument that this heresy should indeed be considered a heresy (that it runs contrary to Christianity's understanding of Jesus, God, and salvation)
• Make a brief argument that this heresy should have been accepted as a traditional Christian position.
• Which argument do you think is stronger? Why?