Athanasius of Alexandria

council of Nicaea, and presided as judge on the issue of the trinity . On one side we had Arius, who argued Arianism, or that Jesus was subservient to God the father, having been allegedly been created by the father. On the other side, we had Athanasius of Alexandria arguing that Jesus and the Father were equals, created at the same time, and never existing without each other. What was important was that these two sides of the issues appealed and argued to Constantine, and in the end when…

Catholics have founded upon the authority of church tradition. Notable Church figures from the earliest times within Church history have purported that interrupting the natural end of procreation from sex is a morally corrupt action. Clement of Alexandria wrote in 195 AD that because man’s seed was ordained by God to be the means by which man procreates, the seed should not be “vainly ejaculated”, “damaged”, or “wasted” (The Instructor of Children 2:10:91:2). The seed of man and the womb of a…

and population due to the rising questioning of the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ. At the beginning of the fourth century, the First Council of Nicaea was convened to come against the heretical teachings of Arius. Arius, a presbyter from Alexandria, along with his followers, believed that “before [the Son] was begotten or created or defined or established, he was not for he was not unbegotten and that the Son had a beginning but God has no beginning” (Bingham, D. Jeffrey. Pocket History…

While there may be debate as to what the most important event was in the time periods all the way up to the 1600’s, I would argue that it was in introduction of the Christian religion to the western civilizations. Every aspect of civilization was impacted by this socially, economically and politically. Christianity was first introduced by Constantine in the Roman Empire in the late third century. Constantine issued the famous Edict of Milan, which made it official that the Romans would tolerate…

Arius is one of the most pivotal figures in the development of Christian thought. This is quite a statement because Arius is most definitely a heretic. However, this does not mean he was a bad person by any means. Instead, it means that his theology does not line up with what is now considered to be orthodoxy. Still, the reason this orthodoxy was established was due to the Council of Nicaea in 325, which occurred to establish if Arius, and the other members of the Unbegotten Father line of…

Annotated List A. People 1. Tertullian (195-220 CE) Lawyer and Author who wrote a number of treatises in defense of the faith against pagans, and in defense of orthodoxy against various heresies; advocate of the authority of the church. Coined the formulas that would eventually become the hallmark of orthodoxy. (Gonzalez, 88-93) 2. Cyprian (248-258 CE). Bishop of Carthage Faced with the question of the readmittance of the lapsed after the persecution under Decius Cyprian called a synod of…