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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Arian Christianity	64
Arianism canonical	58
Arian controversy	4
Arian Christology	3
Arian Christianity (early period)	2
Anomoean Arianism	1
Arian Christianity (probable)	1
Arian episcopate	1
Pneumatomachianism	1
Subordinationism	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arianism
Context triple: [Trinity, contrastedWith, Arianism]

A. Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
B. Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
The Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed is a Western-added phrase asserting that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, which became a major theological and ecclesiastical point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity.
C. Apostles’ Creed
The Apostles’ Creed is an early and widely used statement of Christian faith that succinctly summarizes core doctrines about God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
D. Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is one of the three main branches of Christianity, characterized by its continuity with the early Church, its liturgical worship, and its communion of autocephalous churches centered primarily in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
E. Calvinism
Calvinism is a branch of Protestant Christianity rooted in the teachings of John Calvin, emphasizing doctrines such as predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the total depravity of humankind.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arianism
Target entity description: 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.

A. Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
B. Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
The Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed is a Western-added phrase asserting that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, which became a major theological and ecclesiastical point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity.
C. Apostles’ Creed
The Apostles’ Creed is an early and widely used statement of Christian faith that succinctly summarizes core doctrines about God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
D. Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is one of the three main branches of Christianity, characterized by its continuity with the early Church, its liturgical worship, and its communion of autocephalous churches centered primarily in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
E. Calvinism
Calvinism is a branch of Protestant Christianity rooted in the teachings of John Calvin, emphasizing doctrines such as predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the total depravity of humankind.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ Church Fathers ⓘ surface form: Cappadocian Fathers
originatedInCentury	4th century ⓘ
originatedInRegion	Alexandria ⓘ
originatedWith	Arius ⓘ surface form: Arius of Alexandria
peakInfluenceCentury	4th century ⓘ
primaryOpponentsDoctrine	homoousios of Father and Son ⓘ
relatedConcept	First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Homoiousios vs homoousios controversy Nontrinitarianism ⓘ Arianism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Subordinationism
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalEmphasis	John 14:28 ⓘ Wisdom Literature ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ