Arianism (Koinē Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [1] is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (c. AD 256–336).

Jan 15, 2025 · 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, a heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Read more from the original Catholic Encyclopedia.

Jan 4, 2022 · Arianism is a heresy named for Arius, a priest and false teacher in the early fourth century AD in Alexandria, Egypt. One of the earliest and probably the most important item of debate among early Christians was the subject of Christ’s deity.

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.

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 …

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. Three distinct streams of influence merged in the sea of doctrinal upheaval of Christianity in the fourth century: (1) the theological system developed by Arius himself, which ...

The ideas that led to doctrine or “heresy” known as Arianism first arose in the 3 rd century, and were the product of speculation into the nature of Christ. It became one of the hottest issues in the early Church — even more than Gnosticism, as Arianism had many adherents, and was closer in nature to the Orthodox or “literalist ...

One of the most interesting buildings—and perhaps the one with the most intriguing story—in this northern Italian city is the palace church known today as Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, dedicated to Christ the Redeemer.

ARIANISM. A fourth-century heresy that denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Its author was Arius (256-336), a priest of Alexandria, who in 318 began to teach the doctrine that now...