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Arius

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Also known as Arius of Alexandria

Arius (; ; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He has been regarded as the founder of Arianism, which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created directly by God the Father before anything else, as the true Firstborn. Arian theology and its doctrine regarding the nature of the Godhead showed a belief in radical subordinationism, a view notably disputed by 4th century figures such as Athanasius of Alexandria.

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Arius (250–336) was a male theologian, presbyter, and preacher from Ancient Rome. Born in Cyrenaica, he worked in Alexandria and died in Constantinople during the Low Roman Empire period. He is associated with the religious worldview of Arianism and practiced as an ascetic. Arius wrote in Ancient Greek, and his field of work was theology.

He is distinct from Arius Didymus. His name in the native language is Ἄρειος. Sources describing him include the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, the Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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  • “If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.”

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Key facts

Theologian.name
Arius
Theologian.image
Arius püspök.jpg
Theologian.caption
Fictitious depiction of Arius from Gaetano Maria Travasa's Storia Critica della Vita di Ario, Venice, 1746
Theologian.era
3rd and 4th centuries AD
Theologian.birth_date
250/256
Theologian.birth_place
Ptolemais, Cyrenaica, Roman Empire(modern-day Tolmeita, Libya)
Theologian.death_date
336 (aged 80 or 86)
Theologian.death_place
Constantinople, Thracia, Roman Empire(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Theologian.language
Koine Greek
Theologian.tradition_movement
Arianism
Theologian.notable_ideas
Subordinationism
Theologian.notable_works
Thalia

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Encyclopedic overview

28 sections
Contents
  • Early life and personality
  • Arius' writings
  • Arian controversy
  • Beginnings
  • Supporters
  • Eusebius of Nicomedia
  • Eusebius of Caesarea
  • Origen and Arius
  • Divine but not fully divine
  • Initial responses
  • First Council of Nicaea
  • Exile, return, and death
  • Arianism after Arius
  • Immediate aftermath
  • Arianism in the West
  • Contemporary Arianism
  • Arius's doctrine
  • Introduction
  • The Logos
  • Extant writings
  • The ''Thalia''
  • See also
  • References
  • Works cited
  • Sources
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • External links

Arius (; ; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He has been regarded as the founder of Arianism, which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created directly by God the Father before anything else, as the true Firstborn. Arian theology and its doctrine regarding the nature of the Godhead showed a belief in radical subordinationism, a view notably disputed by 4th century figures such as Athanasius of Alexandria.

Constantine the Great's formal decriminalization of Christianity into the Roman Empire entailed the convention of ecumenical councils to remove theological divisions between opposing sects within the Church. Arius's theology was a prominent topic at the First Council of Nicaea, where Arianism was condemned in favor of Homoousian conceptions of God and Jesus. Opposition to Arianism remains embodied in the Nicene Creed, described as "a deliberately anti-Arian document." Nevertheless, despite concerted opposition, Arian churches persisted for centuries throughout Europe (especially in various Germanic kingdoms), the Middle East, and North Africa. They were suppressed by military conquest or by voluntary royal conversion between the fifth and seventh centuries.

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