Arianism

The hierarchy of the Trinity has been a controversial topic since the death of Jesus. Arians believed that the Son did not always exist but was begotten by the Father, at a point in time, Jesus was seen as a lesser entity. For the Proto-Orthodoxy believers, this was problematic because they believe that the Son (Jesus) always existed like the Father (God) there was no division. The contradiction of beliefs between the Arians and the Orthodoxy provides an understanding of why the Trinity was…

As the Third Reich assumed power and signed a concordant with the Vatican, Protestant Liberals, who taught the perfectibility of the human race had insufficient theological grounds to oppose the message of racial superiority and German Arianism of Hitler and the propaganda of the Nazi Party. However, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young theologian and pastor in London, returned to Germany and stood against the Third Reich. He published his famous work titled, “The Cost of Discipleship” in 1937…

With the Great Depression going on throughout the 1930s, umpteen households possessed no income, resulting in foreclosure, living in shantytowns, and uncounted families starving. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entering the war, and men voluntarily entering or drafted into the war, Americans hoped the Depression was finally being lifted and in nearly a decade, America had a little hope. When men were drafted or volunteered to go into the military, an abundance of jobs became…

baptized, they are not baptized in the name of three different gods, but three divine persons in one God. Unlike the Catholic faith, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe Jesus is God. They have adapted Arius’s heresy claiming Jesus is not God, known as Arianism. They do not baptize in then name…

The Apostle’s Creed The Apostles Creed is the creed most widely used in Christian worship in the western world. Throughout the Middle Ages it was generally believed that this creed was composed by the Apostles on the day of Pentecost and that each of them contributed one of the twelve sections. This appears to be a legend dating back to somewhere between the 4th and 6th Centuries. However it still has good reason to be called the Apostles Creed because its content is in agreement with apostolic…

not Jesus, just a symbol. But I think that if I was a peasant in the late sixteenth century, thinking that the Eucharist was just a symbol not actually Jesus would probably be easier to understand. It would be the same way that many heresies, like Arianism, gained followers because the Trinity is a hard concept to understand. I think it may have happened this way because many people of the time could not read the Bible for themselves. I also think that it would be hard going from a church that…

His doctrine, which was known as Arianism, spread extensively among the community on the outskirts of the Byzantine Empire as well as among associates of the imperial court. Egyptian temples were closed in 392 A.D. by rule of the Byzantine emperor. The last known hieroglyphic engraving,…

Humans were created to do good and given the ability to reason right from wrong. The gift of our conscience is a beautiful thing. It is unfortunate that in our world many humans fail to love and fall victim to the many evils of this life. I believe that humans are bad because they are motivated by power and thus they become blood thirsty to acquire and retain it. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are malicious through the murder of Simon (pg. 202). Simon was the…

Augustine sought to live his life in the most pleasurable manner his bright mind could construct. Despite this, Augustine after his conversion, spent nearly half a century dealing with controversies against perfectionism. These included the heresies of Arianism, Manicheanism, Donatism and Pelagianism. 1. Outline of Augustine’s life a. Birth and Parents Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste (now Souk Ahras, Algeria) in Roman Africa. He was born to Patricius, his father…

Christianity became the greatest religion of the Roman Empire right under the Empire’s eyes. Probably the biggest “mistake” of the Romans was to disregard Christianity as one of its kind and underestimating it as another sector of Judaism (Spielvogel 170). The religion began in Judea, east of the Mediterranean, a region where Romans kept watchful control of. If it depended on Roman rule, Christianity would not have flourished past its place of origin. However, trade played a significant role in…