In a letter to Patriarch Alexander of Constantinople Arius's bishop, Alexander of Alexandria, wrote that Arius derived his theology from Lucian. The express purpose of the letter was to complain about the doctrines that Arius was spreading, but his charge of heresy against Arius is vague and unsupported by other authorities.

Arius, Christian priest whose teachings gave rise to a theological doctrine known as Arianism. The doctrine was denounced by the early church as a major heresy because it affirmed a created, finite nature of Christ rather than equal divinity with God the Father.

Jun 7, 2024 · Bishop Alexander of Alexandria was one of his most vocal critics, arguing that Arius’s views undermined the divinity of Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity.

Sep 10, 2024 · In a letter to a fellow Arian Eusebius, possibly written around 318, Arius brings up the persecution the Arians are suffering due to their positions at the hand of Bishop Alexander I of Alexandria, who becomes one of the harshest opponents of Arianism.

Arius defied the synod of bishops, ridiculing their censure, and fled beyond the range of their jurisdiction into Palestine. The exile did not pine away in silent loneliness.

In 306, Arius, who had learnt his religious views from Lucian, the presbyter of Antioch, and afterwards the martyr, took sides with Meletius, an Egyptian schismatic, against Peter, Bishop of Alexandria.

Jul 29, 2024 · Arius was a prolific religious figure of early Christianity from Libya. A presbyter and ascetic, he was a priest in Baucalis in Alexandria, Egypt. Arius imparted teachings on a created, finite nature of Christ as opposed to equal divinity with God the Father.

Dec 16, 2010 · While Arius developed a following among some Syrian prelates, an Alexandrian synod of some 100 bishops summoned by Bishop Alexander condemned him in 321. He was excommunicated, and fled to Palestine.

Arius (256 - 336 C.E., poss. in North Africa) was an early Christian theologian, who taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was subordinate to God the Father (a view known generally as Arianism).

Jan 11, 2018 · Either out of true conviction or sensing an opportunity for gain, Arius accused the bishop of subtly reviving Sabellian Modalism + and presented Lucian’s teachings as a diametrically opposed alternative 3. The ensuing debate soon …