Arius

Also known as Arius of Alexandria

Arius (; ; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He has been regarded as the founder of Arianism, which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created directly by God the Father before anything else, as the true Firstborn. Arian theology and its doctrine regarding the nature of the Godhead showed a belief in radical subordinationism, a view notably disputed by 4th century figures such as Athanasius of Alexandria.

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Arius was an early Christian religious figure whose teachings about Jesus Christ—specifically that Jesus was created by God the Father rather than being eternal and equal to God—became the basis for a major theological movement called Arianism. His ideas were controversial and prompted significant disputes among Christian leaders in the 4th century, particularly with figures like Athanasius of Alexandria who rejected his understanding of God's nature.

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“If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.”

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Theologian.name: Arius
Theologian.image: Arius püspök.jpg
Theologian.caption: Fictitious depiction of Arius from Gaetano Maria Travasa's Storia Critica della Vita di Ario, Venice, 1746
Theologian.era: 3rd and 4th centuries AD
Theologian.birth_date: 250/256
Theologian.birth_place: Ptolemais, Cyrenaica, Roman Empire(modern-day Tolmeita, Libya)
Theologian.death_date: 336 (aged 80 or 86)
Theologian.death_place: Constantinople, Thracia, Roman Empire(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Theologian.language: Koine Greek
Theologian.tradition_movement: Arianism
Theologian.notable_ideas: Subordinationism
Theologian.notable_works: Thalia

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Commons category: Arius
date of birth: 0250-01-01
date of death: 0336-00-00
name in native language: Ἄρειος

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Early life and personality
Arius' writings
Arian controversy
Beginnings
Supporters
Eusebius of Nicomedia
Eusebius of Caesarea
Origen and Arius
Divine but not fully divine
Initial responses
First Council of Nicaea
Exile, return, and death
Arianism after Arius
Immediate aftermath
Arianism in the West
Contemporary Arianism
Arius's doctrine
Introduction
The Logos
Extant writings
The ''Thalia''
See also
References
Works cited
Sources
Primary sources
Secondary sources
External links

Constantine the Great's formal decriminalization of Christianity into the Roman Empire entailed the convention of ecumenical councils to remove theological divisions between opposing sects within the Church. Arius's theology was a prominent topic at the First Council of Nicaea, where Arianism was condemned in favor of Homoousian conceptions of God and Jesus. Opposition to Arianism remains embodied in the Nicene Creed, described as "a deliberately anti-Arian document." Nevertheless, despite concerted opposition, Arian churches persisted for centuries throughout Europe (especially in various Germanic kingdoms), the Middle East, and North Africa. They were suppressed by military conquest or by voluntary royal conversion between the fifth and seventh centuries.