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Sep 5, 2008
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Arians

The followers of Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century. He maintained

(1) that the Father and Son are distinct beings; (2) that the Son, though divine, is not equal to the Father; (3)

that the Son had a state of existence previous to His appearance on earth, but not from eternity; and (4) that the Messiah was not real man, but a divine being in a case of flesh.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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