The Arian controversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of Christ that began with a dispute between Arius and Athanasius of Alexandria, two Christian theologians from Alexandria, Egypt. The most important of these controversies concerned the relationship between the substance of God the Father and the substance of His Son.
Emperor Constantine, through the Council of Nicaea in 325, attempted to unite Christianity and establish a single, imperially approved version of the faith. Ironically, his efforts were the cause of the deep divisions created by the disputes after Nicaea.[1][2]
These disagreements divided the Church into various factions for over 55 years, from the time of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 until the First Council of Constantinople in 381. There was no formal schism.
Inside the Roman Empire, the Trinitarian faction ultimately gained the upper hand through the Edict of Thessalonica, issued on 27 February AD 380 by the then reigning three co-Emperors, which made Nicene Christology the state religion of the Roman Empire,[3] and through strict enforcement of that edict. However, outside the Roman Empire, Arianism and other forms of Unitarianism continued to be preached for some time. The modern Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as most other modern Christian sects, have generally followed the Trinitarian formulation, though each has its own specific theology on the matter.[4][5]
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The Ariancontroversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of Christ that began with a dispute between Arius and Athanasius of Alexandria...
nature of Christ. There was a controversy between two interpretations of Jesus's divinity (Homoousianism and Arianism) based upon the theological orthodoxy...
remained on the periphery of the controversy." (LA, 272) "Hilary, for instance, never really understood the ArianControversy till he reached the East as a...
Creed and the Nicene Creed. Most Arian creeds were written in the fourth century after 325 and during the Ariancontroversy, a time when the church adopted...
was the founder of the doctrine of Arianism but, more recently, Rowan Williams stated that "Arius' role in 'Arianism' was not that of the founder of a...
Christian theological language which ran from AD 360 to 380, the controversy between Arianism and what would eventually come to be defined as catholic orthodoxy...
According to Badcock, virtually all orthodox theologians prior to the Ariancontroversy in the latter half of the fourth century were subordinationists to...
Christianity that dominated the church during much of the fourth-century ArianControversy. They declared that the Son was similar to God the Father, without...
Epiphanius of Cyprus. Theodoret called him an "apostolic" bishop. When the Ariancontroversy began, Alexander, the Patriarch of Alexandria, requested his cooperation...
The ArianControversy, 318-381. T. & T. Clark. p. 52 Hanson, Richard Patrick Crosland (1988). The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy...
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had nothing to do with difference of opinion on the subject of the ArianControversy, but were directed against the Melitians. He had not agreed with the...
of Alexandria. In addition to the conflict with the Arians (including powerful and influential Arian churchmen led by Eusebius of Nicomedia), he struggled...
outward sign of something. The Nicene Creed was adopted to resolve the Ariancontroversy, whose leader, Arius, a clergyman of Alexandria, "objected to Alexander's...
for four months. Julius is chiefly known by the part he took in the Ariancontroversy. After the followers of Eusebius of Nicomedia, who had become the...
Person ('hypostasis' in the Greek language of the fourth century ArianControversy) in the Godhead. For example, Hanson defines Sabellianism as the "refusal...
Professor of Divinity The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The ArianControversy, 318–381 (9780801031465): 1973 "Photinus' doctrine appears to have...
people. Ulfila served as a bishop and missionary, participated in the Ariancontroversy, and is credited with converting the Goths to Christianity as well...
important and prominent advocate for Homoousion Christianity in the Ariancontroversy that divided the early Christianity. He probably presided at the First...
Nectarius of Constantinople Homoeans, in contrast to the Anomoeans ArianismAriancontroversy also spelled "Anomeans" Encyclopædia Britannica: "Anomoean" Philostorgius...
Constantinople, elected first in 337 AD. Paul became involved in the Ariancontroversy which drew in the Emperor of the West, Constans, and his counterpart...
Lycopolis, and the issue of greatest substance, Arianism. He was the leader of the opposition to Arianism at the First Council of Nicaea. He also mentored...
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at a later church council (the Council of Seleucia regarding the Ariancontroversy) in the year 359. The word "consubstantial" was used by the Council...
a marquess. Council of Sardica: An attempt is made to resolve the Ariancontroversy, and ground rules for bishops are laid down. The Council of Philippopolis...
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