AD 250 – 336 ), a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the persons of the Trinity (' God the Father ', ' God the Son ' ( Jesus of Nazareth ), and ' God the Holy Spirit ') and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father.

The Arian concept of Christ is that the Son of God did not always exist, but was created by — and is therefore distinct from — God the Father.

Arius taught that God the Father and the Son did not exist together eternally.

Arians taught that the pre-incarnate Jesus was a divine being created by ( and therefore inferior to ) God the Father at some point, before which the Son did not exist.

The Father, working through the Son, created the Holy Spirit, who was subservient to the Son as the Son was to the Father.

The Nicene Creed's central term, used to describe the relationship between the Father and the Son, is Homoousios (), or Consubstantiality, meaning " of the same substance " or " of one being ".

Under Arianism, Christ was instead not consubstantial with God the Father since both the Father and the Son under Arius were made of " like " essence or being ( see homoiousia ) but not of the same essence or being ( see homoousia ).

It is all that subsists by itself and which has not its being in another, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit all being uncreated.

According to the teaching of Arius, the preexistent Logos and thus the incarnate Jesus Christ was a created being ; that only the Son was directly created and begotten by God the Father, before ages, but was of a distinct, though similar, essence or substance from the Creator ; his opponents argued that this would make Jesus less than God, and that this was heretical.

The second group also avoided invoking the name of Arius, but in large part followed Arius ' teachings and, in another attempted compromise wording, described the Son as being like ( homoios ) the Father.

A third group explicitly called upon Arius and described the Son as unlike ( anhomoios ) the Father.

The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct entities, with the Father and the Son possessing physical bodies of flesh and bone but the Holy Ghost existing only as a spirit, enabling it to dwell within us.

* Wendelin discovers a compound of the initial letters, amounting to 365 in numerical value, of four Hebrew and three Greek words, all written with Greek characters: ab, ben, rouach, hakadōs ; sōtēria apo xylou (“ Father, Son, Spirit, holy ; salvation from the cross ”).

The establishment, by the Holy Father, of a permanent Secretariat for Christian Unity in 1960 was the most dramatic mark of this concern.

The resultant town, platted in 1847 and named for the patron of Father Galtier's mission, St. Paul, was to become an important center of the fur trade and was to take on a new interest for those Selkirkers who remained at Red River.

He was about to leave them, to depart from this world, and return to His Father in Heaven.

I knelt, just for decency I thought at the time, but found myself whispering, `` Our Father which Art in Heaven '' And it was only after that that something unlocked in me and I felt a grief.

Another character, Father Paneloux, uses the plague as an opportunity to advance his stature in the town by suggesting that the plague was an act of God punishing the citizens ' sinful nature.

The letter of Auxentius, a 4th-century Arian bishop of Milan, regarding the missionary Ulfilas, gives the clearest picture of Arian beliefs on the nature of the Trinity: God the Father (" unbegotten "), always existing, was separate from the lesser Jesus Christ (" only-begotten "), born before time began and creator of the world.

The Father was seen as " the only true God ".

In 321, Arius was denounced by a synod at Alexandria for teaching a heterodox view of the relationship of Jesus to God the Father.

Arius taught that Jesus Christ was divine and was sent to earth for the salvation of mankind but that Jesus Christ was not equal to the Father ( infinite, primordial origin ) and to the Holy Spirit ( giver of life ).

Much of the distinction between the differing factions was over the phrasing that Christ expressed in the New Testament to express submission to God the Father.

`` For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive -- your trespasses ''.

He had been a choir boy at the Holy Name Cathedral and also served as an acolyte to Father O'Brien.

# Abijah ( king ) of the Kingdom of Judah, also known as Abijam ( אבים ' aḄiYaM " My Father is Yam "), who was son of Rehoboam and succeeded him on the throne of Judah.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

He may also be formally addressed as " Your Grace "— or, more often these days, simply as " Archbishop ", " Father " or ( in the current instance ) " Dr Williams ".

Athanasius is counted as one of the four Great Doctors of the Church in the Roman Catholic Church as well as one of the Great Doctors of the Church in Eastern Orthodoxy, where he is also labeled the " Father of Orthodoxy ".

He is also celebrated by many Protestants, who label him " Father of The Canon ".

251 – 356 ), also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes, Abba Antonius ( Ἀββᾶς Ἀντώνιος ), and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers.

He also introduced the church to a full accounting of his First Vision, in which two heavenly " personages " ( LDS interpret them to be God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ ) appeared to him at age 14.

This was Eddy's understanding of Jesus ' saying: " He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my Father " ( John 14: 12 ).

Frieza is also a cyborg after his defeat on Namek and is saved and rebuilt by his Father King Cold.

Muhtar Cem Karaca ( April 5, 1945-February 8, 2004 ), also called Cem Baba ( Daddy Cem or Father Cem ), was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.

The founder of the movement was a former Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, David Brandt Berg ( 1919 – 1994 ), also known within the group as Moses David, Mo, Father David, and Dad to adult group members, and eventually as Grandpa to the group's youngest members.

300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the " Father of Geometry ".

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Christ is God and is a ray of the eternal light ; but the figure of the ray is so limited by Eusebius that he expressly distinguishes the Son as distinct from Father as a ray is also distinct from its source the sun.

Father Ted also contains references to pop culture, and some film parodies, such as the episode " Speed 3 ".

In past centuries, the English Father Christmas was also known as Old Father Christmas, Sir Christmas, and Lord Christmas.

Nowadays he is often called Santa Claus but also often referred to in Britain as Father Christmas: the two names are synonyms.

Aware of Fellini ’ s reputation as Aldo Fabrizi ’ s “ creative muse ”, Rossellini also requested he try to convince the actor to play the role of Father Giuseppe Morosini, the parish priest executed by the SS on April 4, 1944.

Kelly also frequently appeared on television shows during the 1960s, but his one effort at television series, as Father Chuck O ' Malley in Going My Way ( 1962 – 63 ), based on the Best Picture of 1944 starring Bing Crosby, was dropped after thirty episodes, although it enjoyed great popularity in Roman Catholic countries outside of the United States.

* Fox also made no clear distinction between Father, Son and Holy Spirit.