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EncyclopediaArianismArianism (âr'ēuniz"um) [key], Christian heresy founded by Arius in the 4th cent. It was one of the most widespread and divisive heresies in the history of Christianity. As a priest in Alexandria, Arius taught (c.318) that God created, before all things, a Son who was the first creature, but who was neither equal to nor coeternal with the Father. According to Arius, Jesus was a supernatural creature not quite human and not quite divine. In these ideas Arius followed the school of Lucian of Antioch. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Arianism from Infoplease:
- Arianism: Arianism Defeated - Arianism Defeated The voices of orthodoxy, however, were not silent. In the West St. Hilary of ...
- Arianism: Divisions within Arianism - Divisions within Arianism The Anomoeans [Gr.,=unlike], followers of Eunomius and Aetius, were pure ...
- Arianism: Rise of Arianism - Rise of Arianism Because of his heretical teachings, Arius was condemned and deprived of his ...
- Arianism: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. M. Gwatkin, Studies of Arianism (2d ed. 1900); J. H. Newman, The Arians of the ...
- Arians - Arians The followers of Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century. He ...
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