Arius

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Christian Christian presbyter human theologian

Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Arius canonical	11
Arius of Alexandria	4

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian ⓘ Christian presbyter ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ
associatedWith	Catechetical School of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Alexandrian church Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Emperor Constantine I Eusebius of Nicomedia ⓘ
birthPlace	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria
condemnedAs	heretic by Nicene party ⓘ
condemnedBy	First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
conflict	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian controversy Trinitarian theology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCause	sudden illness ⓘ
deathPlace	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
doctrine	the Son is not of the same essence as the Father ⓘ the Son was created by the Father ⓘ there was a time when the Son was not ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Patristic period
historicalRegion	Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
influenced	Arian Christians ⓘ Gothic Christianity ⓘ
knownFor	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian controversy denying the co-eternity of the Son with the Father ⓘ teaching that the Son is subordinate to the Father ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ
legacy	influence on later non-Trinitarian movements ⓘ long-lasting schism within early Christianity ⓘ
movement	Arianism ⓘ
notableEvent	excommunication in Alexandria ⓘ recall from exile under Constantine I ⓘ
notableWork	Thalia ⓘ
opposedBy	Alexander of Alexandria ⓘ Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Council of Nicaea
opposedDoctrine	homoousios ⓘ
positionHeld	presbyter in Alexandria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	Athanasius’s writings against the Arians ⓘ
theologicalTradition	subordinationism ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arianism → namedAfter → Arius ⓘ

Arianism → originatedWith → Arius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arius of Alexandria

First Council of Nicaea → excommunicated → Arius ⓘ

Alexander of Alexandria → opponentOf → Arius ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → involves → Arius ⓘ

Commando → character → Arius ⓘ

Commando → antagonist → Arius ⓘ

the Son was created by the Father → influencedBy → Arius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arius of Alexandria

Eusebius of Nicomedia → consecrated → Arius ⓘ

Eusebius of Nicomedia → supported → Arius ⓘ

Lucian of Antioch (traditionally, though debated) → influenced → Arius ⓘ

subject surface form: Lucian of Antioch

Arius: Heresy and Tradition → mainSubject → Arius ⓘ

Arius: Heresy and Tradition → about → Arius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arius of Alexandria

Arian controversy → principalFigure → Arius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arius of Alexandria

Ossius of Corduba → opponentOf → Arius ⓘ