Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings
An early Christian heresy propounded by Arius, which held that if Christ was the son of God, He must be younger than God, and therefore lesser than God, not wholly God
According to Trinitarian Christians, a Christological heresy. Arianism originates in the teachings of Arius in the early fourth century, which stated Christ was not of the same substance ὁμοουσιας (homoousios) as God the Father, but of a similar substance όμοιουσιας (homoiousios). Supported by nontrinitarian Christian churches
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. The Council of Nicaea (AD 325) condemned Arius and declared the Son to be "of one substance with the father." Arianism had numerous defenders for the next 50 years but eventually collapsed when the Christian emperors of Rome Gratian and Theodosius assumed power. The First Council of Constantinople (381) approved the Nicene Creed and proscribed Arianism. The heresy continued among the Germanic tribes through the 7th century, and similar beliefs are held in the present day by the Jehovah's Witnesses and by some adherents of Unitarianism
Christian doctrine which denies the godhead of Christ the Son In the 4th century the doctrine (founded by the priest Arius) was declared a heresy, but pockets of Arianism influenced the incoming Goths, and Ostrogoths, Visigoths and Vandals became Arians, in conflict with the Catholic Roman population
Arianism is the Heretical doctrine of fourth century theologian Arius, which was of major importance in the development of Christology during this time This doctrine that denies that Christ is God, and treated Him only as the highest of God's creatures The basis of this teaching was that since the Son was begotten of the Father, it meant that there was a time when Christ didn't exist They hold that He was therefore created, and is a creature existing only as an inferior deity [back]
A major Christological heresy which stated Christ was not of the same substance (Greek, homoousios) as the Father, but of a similar substance (homoiousios)
(Arius) - Movement in the early church that believed God the father alone was God, and that Jesus was created Declared heretical at the Council of Nicea in A D 325, and again at the Council of Constantinople in A D 381
Heresy denying Christ's divinity Jesus is depicted as the highest created being, but not sharing the same substance as God Originally advocated by Arius (c 250-336) ( SEE: Hypostasis COMPARE: Adoptionism )
An early Christian heresy named after Arius (250-336 CE) He taught that Jesus was not in existence for all time, but was created by God near the end of the first century BCE He also taught a form of monotheism in which there is only one person in the Godhead -- the Father -- and not a Trinity The church at the time was evenly divided over whether Arianism was truth or a heresy Constantine's vote swayed the balance, and it became a heresy
An ancient theological error that appeared around the year 320 It taught that God could not appear on the earth, that Jesus was not eternal and could not be God Additionally, it taught that there was only one person in the Godhead: the Father Jesus, then, was a creation It was condemned by the Council of Nicea in 325 The Jehovah's Witness cult is an equivalent, though not exactly, of this ancient error
Heresy first preached by Arius (died 336) The Arians denied the full divinity of Christ, saying that He was subordinate to the Father The Goths were mainly Arians, and Sant'Agata dei Goti was for a period an Arian church
A major early Christological heresy, which treated Jesus Christ as the supreme of God's creatures, and denied his divine status The Arian controversy was of major importance in the development of Christology during the fourth century See pp 283-7
The Christological heresy that maintained that the Son of God, because he was generated from God, could not be God, because God is not a generated being (see Christology)