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v. t. e. Arianism ( Koine Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [1] is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by many modern mainstream branches of Christianity. [2] It is first attributed to Arius ( c. AD 256–336 ), [1] [3] [4] a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt. [1]
Jun 21, 2024 · Arianism, in Christianity, the Christological position that Jesus, as the Son of God, was created by God. It was proposed early in the 4th century by Arius of Alexandria and was popular throughout much of the Eastern and Western Roman empires.
Arianism, Christian heresy that declared that Christ is not truly divine but a created being. According to the Alexandrian presbyter Arius (4th century), God alone is immutable and self-existent, and the Son is not God but a creature with a beginning.
Jul 10, 2024 · Arianism is commonly summed up in two or three phrases: “Arius denied the divinity of Christ” (or “the unity of the Trinity”); “Arianism was subordinationist: it made the Son a lesser God than the Father.”
Arianism was a major theological movement in the Christian Roman Empire during the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. The conflict between Arianism and standard Trinitarian beliefs was the first major doctrinal battle in the Christian church after the legalization of Christianity by Emperor Constantine I.
Theodosius, the first emperor for many years to strongly oppose Arianism, affirmed the legitimacy and orthodoxy of bishops and priests who supported the Nicene Creed.
The lingering disagreements about which Christological model was to be considered normative burst into the open in the early 4th century in what became known as the Arian controversy, possibly the most-intense and most-consequential theological dispute in early Christianity.
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May 17, 2018 · ARIANISM is the heretical doctrine promulgated by the Christian Alexandrian priest Arius (c. 250 – 336) that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son.
The Arian controversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of Christ that began with a dispute between Arius and Athanasius of Alexandria, two Christian theologians from Alexandria, Egypt. The most important of these controversies concerned the relationship between the substance of God the Father and the substance of His Son.
The Arian Controversy—How It Divided Early Christianity. By Dennis E. Groh. The city of Ravenna has endured as a shimmering monument to late antique art and civilization—the imperial tombs, the palace churches, the oratorios (prayer chapels) and the baptisteries all glisten with the mosaic makers’ art. One of the most interesting ...
