Around 318, Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, declared heretical the views of Arius and had him, and the clergy who supported him, excommunicated. In order to fully exclude Arius, Alexander had the wording that Christ was "of one being with God" adopted at Nicaea. This was the formal foundation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
There was no organised opposition to this view, but the eastern Church provided most of the opposition that Arius faced, with the Latin Church either supportive or neutral on the issue. Around 318, Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, declared heretical the views of Arius and had him, and the clergy who supported him, excommunicated. In order to fully exclude Arius, Alexander had the wording that Christ was "of one being with God" adopted at Nicaea. This was the formal foundation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
A:In the debate over the nature of God, the popular Libyan priest Arius led the view that the Son was a divine being, created by the Father at some point in time, and therefore inferior to him. There was no organised opposition to this view, but most of the opposition Arius did face came from those within the eastern Church. Around 318, Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, declared heretical the views of Arius and had him, and the clergy who supported him, excommunicated. In order to fully exclude Arius, Alexander had the wording that Christ was "of one being with God" adopted at Nicaea. This was the formal foundation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
Arius was a Christian theologian known for his teachings on the nature of Jesus Christ, specifically for his belief that Jesus was a created being and not co-eternal with God the Father. This view, known as Arianism, led to a major theological controversy within the early Christian Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe first one that gained a lot of followers and notoriety was Arius in the early fourth century. Probably the most famous in recent history was Martin Luther.
Arius taught the doctrine of Arianism, which denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ and posited that Jesus was a created being, distinct from but subordinate to God the Father. This belief was declared heretical by the Nicene Council in 325 AD.
A:The late third century and early part of the fourth were a period in which members of the Church were trying to define the divinity of Jesus. Trinitarianism, the doctrine that would ultimately triumph, held that God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were three persons in one God, equally divine. Arius, a popular Libyan priest, declared that Christ, while divine, was not divine in the same way as God the Father. Around 318, Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, declared heretical the views of Arius and had him, and the clergy who supported him, excommunicated. In order to fully exclude Arius, Alexander had the wording that Christ was "of one being with God" adopted at the Council of Nicaea.The Church Father Origen held somewhat similar views to those of Arius, and some later theologians condemned Origen's views by association with those of Arius. Eusebius wrote to Alexander in support of the Arians, and a copy of this letter was cited at the second Council of Nicæa, to prove that Eusebius was a heretic.The conflict between Arianism and the Trinitarianism was the first important doctrinal difficulty in the Church after the legalisation of Christianity by Emperor Constantine I. At one point in the conflict, Arianism held sway in the family of the Emperor and this could have resulted in it becoming the eventual truth, with the doctrine of the Holy Trinity relegated to heresy. It was not until the end of the fourth century that Emperor Theodosius finally declared Arianism illegal.
AnswerThis was the position of the Arian Christians, who were prominent in the late third to fourth centuries. Some of the Christian emperors of the fourth century seem to have followed Arius and, had their views prevailed, Christians would no doubt hold the same views today.
Arius was born in 256.
Arius died in 336.
Arianism was a heretical belief in Christianity that denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ, asserting that he was a created being and not co-eternal with God the Father. It was condemned as a heresy at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Followers of Arianism were known as Arians.
A:Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicaea, meeting in 325 CE, to discuss and resolve various differences among the Christian bishops. Bishop Alexander of Alexandria had, around 318, already declared heretical the views of Arius and had him, and the clergy who supported him, excommunicated. In order to fully exclude Arius, Alexander introduced a motion opposed to what had become known as Arianism and had the wording that Christ was "of one being with God" adopted at Nicaea.
Battle of the Arius happened in -208.
In St. Athanasius' own words: "What is at stake is not just a theological theory but people's salvation." Simply put, he meant that if Jesus were not God, as Arius asserted, then people were not saved by his coming, death, and resurrection.