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.

In 380 he proclaimed himself a Christian of the Nicene Creed, and he called a council at Constantinople to put an end to the Arian heresy (which, contrary to Nicene doctrine, claimed Jesus was created), which had divided the empire for over half a century.

Mar 17, 2025 · Arianism, in Christianity, the Christological position that Jesus, as the Son of God, was created by God. It was proposed early in the 4th century by Arius of Alexandria and was popular throughout much of the Eastern and Western Roman empires. It was denounced as a heresy by the Council of Nicaea in 325.

Apr 17, 2023 · He was condemned as a heretic because his belief undermined the Trinity. Arianism was one of the main topics at the Council of Nicaea. The council sought to clearly define the Trinity in a way that combatted Arianism and earlier heresies about the Trinity.

Arianism, a heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Read more from the original Catholic Encyclopedia.

Jan 4, 2022 · Arianism is a heresy named for Arius, a priest and false teacher in the early fourth century AD in Alexandria, Egypt. One of the earliest and probably the most important item of debate among early Christians was the subject of Christ’s deity.

Arianism was the first of the great heresies. There had been from the foundation of the Church at Pentecost A.D. 29 [1] to 33 a mass of heretical movements filling the first three centuries. They had turned, nearly all of them, upon the nature of Christ.

May 21, 2019 · The heresy named Arian after Arius, the controversy and adoption of the Nicene Creed at the Council of Nicea and the changing reactions to the Arian heresy.

Arianism, Christian heresy that declared that Christ is not truly divine but a created being. According to the Alexandrian presbyter Arius (4th century), God alone is immutable and self …

It was built in the 490s1 to serve the spiritual and political needs of the great Ostrogoth king Theodoric (454–526 C.E.), who brought Arian Christianity to Ravenna in 493 when he conquered […]