Arianism

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Christian theological doctrine heresy in mainstream Christianity nontrinitarian Christology

Arianism is a nontrinitarian Christian doctrine that teaches Christ is a created being subordinate to God the Father, rather than co-eternal and consubstantial with Him.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological doctrine → heresy in mainstream Christianity → nontrinitarian Christology →
affirmsDoctrine	monotheism of the Father alone as true God →
condemnedByCouncil	First Council of Constantinople → First Council of Nicaea →
condemnedInYear	325 → 381 →
contrastedWith	Nicene Christianity → Trinitarianism →
coreBelief	Christ is a created being → the Son is not co-eternal with the Father → the Son is not consubstantial with the Father → the Son is subordinate to God the Father →
definedBy	Nicene Creed as heresy →
deniesDoctrine	Trinity as defined by Nicene Christianity → consubstantiality of Father and Son →
historicalDebate	Arian controversy →
historicalPeriod	Late Antiquity →
influenced	Gothic Christianity → Lombard Christianity → Vandal kingdom religion →
influencedBy	earlier subordinationist theologies →
languageOfDebate	Greek →
namedAfter	Arius →
opposedBy	Alexander of Alexandria → Athanasius of Alexandria → Cappadocian Fathers →
originatedInCentury	4th century →
originatedInRegion	Alexandria →
originatedWith	Arius of Alexandria →
peakInfluenceCentury	4th century →
primaryOpponentsDoctrine	homoousios of Father and Son →
relatedConcept	Homoiousios vs homoousios controversy → Nontrinitarianism → Subordinationism →
religiousTradition	Christianity →
scripturalEmphasis	John 14:28 → Proverbs 8:22 →
statusInCatholicChurch	formally condemned heresy →
statusInEasternOrthodoxy	formally condemned heresy →
statusInMainlineProtestantism	rejected doctrine →
viewOfChrist	highest of created beings → inferior in divinity to the Father → pre-existent but created Logos →
viewOfGod	Father alone is unbegotten and without origin →
viewOfHolySpirit	not equal in divinity to the Father →
viewOfSonNature	mutable by nature though upheld by God →
viewOfSonOrigin	the Son had a beginning →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaric I ("Arian Christianity") → Genseric ("Arian Christianity") → Kingdom of Odoacer ("Arian Christianity") → Kingdom of Toledo ("Arian Christianity") → Kingdom of the Franks ("Arian Christianity") → Kingdom of the Lombards ("Arian Christianity") → Odoacer ("Arian Christianity") → Ricimer ("Arian Christianity") → Vandal Kingdom ("Arian Christianity") → Vandals ("Arian Christianity") → Visigothic Kingdom ("Arian Christianity") →	religion
Four Orations Against the Arians ("Arian Christology") → Holy Trinity → Nicene Creed → On the Trinity →	opposes
Ambrose of Milan → First Council of Constantinople → First Council of Constantinople ("Pneumatomachianism") →	condemned
Basil of Caesarea → Nectarius of Constantinople → Saint Isaac of Dalmatia →	opposed
Canon 1 → Quicunque vult →	condemns
Arius ("Arian controversy") → Aurelius Ambrosius →	conflict
Nicene Christianity ("Arian Christianity") → Trinity →	contrastedWith
Christianization of the Franks ("Arian Christianity") → Meletius of Antioch →	opposedTo
Arianism ("Subordinationism") → Tritheism →	relatedConcept
Apollinarianism → Gothic Christianity ("Arian Christianity") →	relatedTo
Gothic Christianity →	adheredTo
Reccared I →	convertedFrom
Theodosius I →	declaredHeresy
Social Trinitarianism →	distinguishedFrom
Gothic Christianity ("Arian Christology") →	doctrineOnChrist
Gothic Christianity ("Arian episcopate") →	hadClergyStructure
First Council of Nicaea ("Arian controversy") →	hasMainSubject
Constantine the Great ("Arian controversy") →	intervenedIn
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century →	involves
Arius ("Arian controversy") →	knownFor
Suebi ("Arian Christianity") →	laterReligion
Council of Alexandria (AD 362) →	mainTopic
Arius →	movement
Incarnation of Christ →	opposesHeresy
Nicene Christianity →	rejectsDoctrine
Christianization of the Balkans ("Arian Christianity") →	replacesReligion