Arianism

Throughout Christian history there has been controversy about is Jesus really God, is the Holy Spirit a part of God, and is Jesus really full man and God.The first controversy was in 324 A.D. when Arius gives his position of God being the only eternal being and that Jesus the son is only a creature.Alexander (Bishop of Alexandria) response in disagreement was that Jesus is indeed a eternal being equal to God.This ultimately leads to Constantine calling the First Ecumenical Council in Nicea.Next…

St. Athanasius On the Incarnation St. Athanasius, a bishop from Alexandria, lived during the times of 296-373 AD. In his book, On the Incarnation, St. Athanasius is writing to Macarius. In this writing, St. Athanasius defends the incarnation of Christ against non-believers and clarifies why God chose to approach his fallen people in human form. According to St. Athanasius it is crucial to know that the Redeemer is as well the Creator. This can be seen when he states that “the renewal of…

The development of Christology in the patristic period of Christianity was formed out of two main arguments, the logos’ relation with God and the logos’ relation with the human Jesus. It was of agreement that Jesus the Christ was on earth and that he was the logos, i.e. “Word of God” or “Son of God”. Two orators in particular drew the proverbial line in the sand between homoousios and homoiousios, of the same and of similar substance as the Father. This division was later coined the Arian…

Heretics often oppose the language of the Bible and the Creeds. Information in the Apostle’s Creed makes it easier for heresy to creep into everyone’s understanding. For example, there is not a particular need to address the Holy Spirit in the Apostle’s Creed because everyone during the time accepts the Holy Spirit is God (Gutenson, Apostle’s Creed Video,). Athanasius takes opposition to a common heretic, Arius. Arian beliefs are the nature of Jesus is not God and consequently, He cannot offer…

The Nicene Creed and truth about the Trinity Christ’s apostles lived in the era when the teaching of the Gospel was very accuracy, however as the last apostles passed on, the teaching became much distorted from the truth. This misrepresentation of the Gospel or the Biblical truth spread though out and became indeed popular. The Pagans step in to increase membership in the churches with ritual and custom that used the study of the Bible as the foundation for the numerous creeds and sects.…

Why was Arianism so important in the History of the Church and how did it affect the Church? Well, Arianism was one of the most important and one of Catholicism bigger problems. A heresy which believed that Jesus Christ, was not on par with the Father in regards to his holiness and divinity. They said Jesus was instead “created” by the Lord to do his deeds. It took the Church a long time to prove to everyone that this heresy was false. Arianism was started in the Fourth century by a priest,…

Athanasius’s significance to Christian Theology is his continuous fight with Arianism, despite the exiles he had to go through, and trials he had to face. St. Athanasius sets a great example of not giving up ones beliefs in order to escape punishment. Athanasius is counted as one of the four great Eastern Doctors of the Church of…

were at odds with each other. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, known to history as Constantine the Great, was the Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD and played a vital role in this religious movement. The Orthodox (Roman Catholic) and Arianism sects eventually became the primary sects, and it was after the death of the baptized Constantine I, that the Orthodox Church delivered a little known coup de grace, that forever decimated the power and prestige of the Arian sect and cemented…

The Vandals wanted to spread Arianism , a form of Christianity that denies the divinity of Jesus, and in order to do so they persecuted many of the authority figures of the collegial church who were Catholic, in particular the local bishops. Arianism differs from the Catholic teachings of the Roman papacy because it teaches that Jesus was created by God and therefore is not divine. The persecution…

(Grudem, 112). Modalism is flawed by the fact that it denies the relationship each distinct character of the Trinity has in regards to one another and to creation. Arianism denies the existence of the Son and the Holy Spirit in the beginning by using John 3:16. How can Jesus be from the beginning if he is the begotten son (Grudem, 113)? Arianism forgets to take into account all scripture for example: John 1:1 states in the beginning was the Word; and Matthew 12:32 warns of blaspheme against the…