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After the early School of Antioch came into decline, the presbyter Diodore of Tarsus (Διόδωρος) re-founded it in the middle of the fourth century as a semi-monastic community. He was a native of Antioch who had studied philosophy in Athens together with his friend Basil of Caesarea. In Antioch he became famous for his orthodox steadfastness against the Arian bishops that ruled the city at that time. In 378 Diodore left Antioch to become Bishop of Tarsus and his student Theodore of Mopsuestia became the new head of the school. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... During the first Christian centuries the schools of Alexandria and Antioch were the main theological centers. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem, also Antiochia dei Siri), the Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch was an ancient city located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River about 30 km from the sea and its port, Seleucia Pieria. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. ... Basil (ca. ... This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... Events Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. ... Tarsus is a city in present day Turkey, on the mouth of the Tarsus Cay (Cydnus) into the Mediterranean. ... Theodore (c. ...

Diodore and Theodore were strong opponents of the heresy of Apollinaris, who maintained that Christ was the divine word dwelling in a human body, but without a human soul. In response, they insisted that Christ had both a divine and a human soul, which were connected but distinct. The Alexandrian school on the other hand taught a union of the two persons of Christ. Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... Apollinarism or Apollinarianism was a view proposed by Apollinaris of Laodicea that Jesus had a human body but a divine mind. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The teaching of Diodore and Theodore is the foundation of the Nestorian theology. The term Nestorianism is eponymous, even though the person who lent his name to it always denied the associated belief. ...