Arius
Sign in to saveArius (; ; 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 was an early Christian religious figure whose teachings about Jesus Christ—specifically that Jesus was created by God the Father rather than being eternal and equal to God—became the basis for a major theological movement called Arianism. His ideas were controversial and prompted significant disputes among Christian leaders in the 4th century, particularly with figures like Athanasius of Alexandria who rejected his understanding of God's nature.
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28 sectionsContents
- 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
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- Secondary sources
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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.