Arianism

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Church Fathers
originatedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
originatedInRegion Alexandria ⓘ
originatedWith Arius of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Arius
peakInfluenceCentury 4th century ⓘ
primaryOpponentsDoctrine homoousios of Father and Son ⓘ
relatedConcept Homoiousios vs homoousios controversy ⓘ
Nontrinitarianism ⓘ
Subordinationism ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalEmphasis John 14:28 ⓘ
Proverbs 8:22 ⓘ
linked to: Wisdom Literature
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (229)

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

Trinity → contrastedWith → Arianism ⓘ
Nicene Creed → opposes → Arianism ⓘ
Arianism → relatedConcept → Subordinationism ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Tritheism → relatedConcept → Arianism ⓘ
Constantine the Great → intervenedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
First Council of Nicaea → hasMainSubject → Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
First Council of Constantinople → condemned → Pneumatomachianism ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Ambrose of Milan → condemned → Arianism ⓘ
Holy Trinity → opposes → Arianism ⓘ
Gothic Christianity → adheredTo → Arianism ⓘ
Gothic Christianity → doctrineOnChrist → Arian Christology ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Gothic Christianity → hadClergyStructure → Arian episcopate ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Gothic Christianity → relatedTo → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Nicene Christianity → contrastedWith → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Arius → knownFor → Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Arius → movement → Arianism ⓘ
Arius → conflict → Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Quicunque vult → condemns → Arianism ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea → opposed → Arianism ⓘ
Odoacer → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Vandal Kingdom → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Vandals → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Kingdom of the Lombards → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Visigothic Kingdom → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Alaric I → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Genseric → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Suebi → laterReligion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Canon 1 → condemns → Arianism ⓘ
Apollinarianism → relatedTo → Arianism ⓘ
Meletius of Antioch → opposedTo → Arianism ⓘ
Kingdom of Toledo → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Theodosius I → declaredHeresy → Arianism ⓘ
Kingdom of Odoacer → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Reccared I → convertedFrom → Arianism ⓘ
Aurelius Ambrosius → conflict → Arianism ⓘ
Ricimer → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Christianization of the Balkans → replacesReligion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Christianization of the Franks → opposedTo → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Kingdom of the Franks → religion → Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
Four Orations Against the Arians → opposes → Arian Christology ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
On the Trinity → opposes → Arianism ⓘ