Arianism (Koinē Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [1] is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (c. AD 256–336).

Mar 17, 2025 · Arianism, in Christianity, the Christological (concerning the doctrine of Christ) position that Jesus, as the Son of God, was created by God.

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-existent, and the Son is not God but a creature with a beginning.

Nov 19, 2018 · Arianism was a 4th century heresy named after Arius (c.250-336), a presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, who taught that the Son of God was not co-eternal and consubstantial with His Father, but rather a created being with a definite origin in time. In Arius's words, "there was [a time] when he (the Son) was not."

Arianism, a heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. DOCTRINE., First among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantine had recognized the Church in A.D. 313, and the parent of many more during some three centuries, Arianism occupies a large place in ecclesiastical history.

The ideas that led to doctrine or “heresy” known as Arianism first arose in the 3 rd century, and were the product of speculation into the nature of Christ.

Arius’s Christology was a mixture of adoptionism and logos theology. His basic notion was that the Son came into being through the will of the Father; the Son, therefore, had a beginning. Although the Son was before all eternity, he was not eternal, and …

Icon depicting Emperor Constantine and anti-Arianist bishops with the Nicene creed. Arianism was a major theological movement in the Christian Roman Empire during the fourth and fifth centuries C.E.

May 17, 2018 · Major 4th-century Trinitarian heresy, originated by the teachings of the Alexandrian priest arius (d. 336). The basic tenet of Arianism was a negation of the divinity of Christ and, subsequently, of the Holy Spirit. Arius reduced the Christian Trinity to a descending triad, of whom the Father alone is true God.

First among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantine had recognized the Church in A.D. 313, and the parent of many more during some three centuries, Arianism occupies a large place in ecclesiastical history. It is not a modern form of unbelief, and therefore will appear strange in modern eyes.