Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius ( ca.

" Arianism " is also often used to refer to other nontrinitarian theological systems of the 4th century, which regarded Jesus Christ — the Son of God, the Logos — as either a created being ( as in Arianism proper and Anomoeanism ), or as neither uncreated nor created in the sense other beings are created ( as in Semi-Arianism ).

Lucian of Antioch had contended for a christology very similar to what would later be known as Arianism and is thought to have influenced its development.

Because virtually all extant written material on Arianism was written by its opponents, the nature of Arian teachings is difficult to define precisely today.

This is generally considered the end of the dispute about the Trinity and the end of Arianism among the Roman, non-Germanic peoples.

Despite the frequency with which this name is used as a polemical label, there has been no historically continuous survival of Arianism into the modern era.

He is considered to be a renowned Christian theologian, a Church Father, the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century.

He is remembered for his role in the conflict with Arius and Arianism.

The earlier date, 293, is sometimes assigned and apparently supported by the authority of a " Coptic Fragment " ( published by Dr. O. von Lemm among the Mémoires de l ' académie impériale des sciences de S. Péterbourg, 1888 ) and corroborated by the maturity revealed in his two earliest treatises Contra Gentes ( Against the Heathens ) and De Incarnatione ( On the Incarnation ), which were admittedly written about the year 318 before Arianism had begun to make itself felt, as those writings do not show an awareness of Arianism.

In the 4th century, an Alexandrian presbyter named Arius began a theological dispute about the nature of Christ that spread throughout the Christian world and is now known as Arianism.

# First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) repudiated Arianism, declared that Christ is " homoousios with the Father " ( of the same substance as the Father ), and adopted the original Nicene Creed, fixed Easter date ; recognized primacy of the sees of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch and granted the See of Jerusalem a position of honor.

# First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ) repudiated Arianism and Macedonianism, declared that Christ is " born of the Father before all time ", revised the Nicene Creed in regard to the Holy Spirit.

The term may refer to any belief about the nature of Jesus Christ that affirms God as a singular entity and rejects the doctrine of the Trinity and is usually distinguished from Arianism, which was rejected by mainstream Christianity, a consensus of Christian bishops at the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

* Emperor Valens is converted to Arianism and orders the persecution of orthodox Christians in the Roman East.

* Pope Liberius travels to Sirmium ( Pannonia ) late in the year and agrees to sign documents that effectively undo the Nicene Creed ( which has implicitly disavowed Arianism ) and to sever his relationship with the former Alexandrian patriarch Athanasius, who is replaced as bishop of Alexandria by his Arian opponent George of Cappadocia.

Saint Nicholas of Myra was the bishop of Myra in the 4th century, is said to have been an ardent opponent of Arianism at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, although his name does not appear among the signatories of that council.

Attacks on heresy also appear throughout his hagiographies, and Arianism is taken to be the common face of heresy across Europe, exposed to great ridicule.

Emperor Justin is recorded as receiving John honorably and promised to do everything the embassy asked of him, with the exception of restoring converts from Arianism to Catholicism to their original beliefs.

Paul's pupil Lucian of Antioch is considered to have had a major influence on Arius the founder of Arianism.

It is related that this latter was deeply versed in Grecian erudition, and was the first to subdue his native tongue to meters and musical laws ; these verses he delivered to the choirs " and that Arianism — a more successful heresy — met with opposition there.

They insist that their conception of the Godhead is true to early Christianity's strict monotheism, contrasting their views not only with Trinitarianism, but equally with the Arianism espoused by the Latter-day Saints ( who believe that Christ was a separate " god " from the Father and the Spirit ) and Jehovah's Witnesses ( who see him as a lesser deity than his Father ).

His earliest known work is the Ancoratus ( the well anchored man ), which includes arguments against Arianism and the teachings of Origen.

Many of them, notably the Goths and Vandals, adopted Arianism instead of the Trinitarian ( a. k. a. Nicene or orthodox ) beliefs that were dogmatically defined by the Catholic Church in the Nicene Creed.

He confirmed the decrees of the council of Carthage, after the retaking of North Africa from the Vandals, according to which converts from Arianism were declared ineligible to Holy Orders and those already ordained were merely admitted to lay communion.

Though frequently called " Arians " by those on the outside, the views of Fausto Sozzini became the standard in the church, and these doctrines were quite removed from Arianism.

The Church History of Theodoret, which begins with the rise of Arianism and closes with the death of Theodore in 429, falls far behind those of Socrates Scholasticus and Sozomen.

There were contrasting view about his theological position: on the one hand, he was exiled three times under Arian emperors ; on the other, he was strongly opposed by those faithful to the memory of the staunchly pro-Nicene Eustathius of Antioch, whom the synod of Melitene deposed for his Homousianism ( Nicene trinitarianism ), which they considered a heresy, and by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, the firm opponent of Arianism.

Trinitarian Christians, including Athanasius, used Arius and Arianism as epithets to describe those who disagreed with their doctrine of co-equal Trinitarianism, a Christology representing God the Father and Son ( Jesus of Nazareth ) as " of one essence " ( consubstantial ) and coeternal.

For example, most of the works attributed to Fulgentius the bishop deal with his opposition to heretical factions such as Arianism, a topic for which Fabius Fulgentius seems to have no concern.

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 ).

Arius was not really very important to general Arianism after his exile at Nicaea.

Thus, many understood Eutyches to be advocating Docetism, a sort of reversal of Arianism — where Arius had denied the consubstantial divinity of Jesus, Eutyches seemed to be denying his human nature.

Since he was on the losing side of the long 4th-century contest between the allies and enemies of Arianism ( Eusebius was an early and vocal supporter of Arius ), posterity did not have much respect for Eusebius ' person and was neglectful in the preservation of his writings.

* Arius, Christian priest and founder of Arianism ( approximate date )

* Arius, founder of Arianism

* Arius, founder of Arianism

The most significant of these early decisions was that between the Homoousian doctrine of Athanasius and Eustathius ( which became Trinitarianism ) and the Heteroousian doctrine of Arius and Eusebius ( called Arianism ).

Although " Arianism " suggests that Arius was the originator of the teaching that bears his name, the debate over the Son ’ s precise relationship to the Father did not begin with him.

Moreover, even Alexander never accused Lucian of having taught Arianism ; rather, he accused Lucian ad invidiam of heretical tendencies — which apparently, according to him, were transferred to his pupil, Arius.

However, Valen's successor Theodosius I effectively wiped out Arianism once and for all among the elites of the Eastern Empire through a combination of imperial decree, persecution, and the calling of the Second Ecumenical Council in 381, which condemned Arius anew while reaffirming and expanding the Nicene Creed.

He then anathematized Arius and his doctrine, and declared his acceptance of the councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon and pronounced an anathema on all who returned to Arianism after being received into the Church by the chrism, or the laying on of hands ; then followed the creeds of Nicaea and Constantinople and the definition of Chalcedon, and the tome concluded with the signatures of Reccared and Baddo his queen.

Arianism was first put forward early in the fourth century by the Alexandrian presbyter Arius.

Arianism was the view of Arius and his followers, the Arians, that Jesus was subordinate to, and of a different being ( ousia ) to God the Father.

" Even disciples of Arius, such as George, Bishop of Laodicea ( 335-47 ) and Eustathius of Sebaste ( c. 356-80 ), joined the moderate party, and after the death of Eusebius of Nicomedia, the leaders of the count faction, Ursacius, Valens and Germinius, were not tied to any formula, for Emperor Constantius II himself hated Arianism, though he disliked Athanasius yet more.

The first official heresy of the Christian church, Arianism, was created by heresiarch Arius.