Arian controversy

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The Arian controversy was a major 4th-century Christian theological dispute over the nature of Christ’s divinity and his relationship to God the Father, which led to deep divisions in the early Church and the formulation of key doctrines at councils such as Nicaea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century religious conflict ⓘ
Christian doctrinal dispute ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
associatedDoctrine Arianism ⓘ
homoiousios ⓘ
homoousios ⓘ
subordinationism ⓘ
centralQuestion relationship of God the Son to God the Father ⓘ
whether the Son is co-eternal with the Father ⓘ
whether the Son is of the same substance as the Father ⓘ
doctrinalOutcome Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed

definition of orthodox Christology in mainstream Christianity ⓘ
followedBy Christological controversies of the 5th century ⓘ
Pneumatomachian controversy ⓘ
historicalContext Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
Constantinian shift ⓘ
influenced church-state relations in the Roman Empire ⓘ
development of Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
later Christological debates ⓘ
involvesBeliefAbout creation of the Son ⓘ
divinity of Christ ⓘ
eternity of the Son ⓘ
keyTerm anomoios (unlike) ⓘ
homoiousios (similar substance) ⓘ
homoousios (same substance) ⓘ
ousia ⓘ
location Alexandria ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Nicaea ⓘ
mainTopic Arianism ⓘ
Christology ⓘ
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity

Trinitarianism ⓘ
positionAffirmedByOpponents the Son is begotten not made ⓘ
the Son is consubstantial with the Father ⓘ
positionRejected the Son is a created being ⓘ
the Son is not co-eternal with the Father ⓘ
principalFigure Alexander of Alexandria ⓘ
Arius of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Arius

Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
Emperor Constantine I ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Emperor Constantius II ⓘ
linked to: Constantius II

Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
Eusebius of Nicomedia ⓘ
Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
result affirmation of the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ
condemnation of Arianism at Nicaea ⓘ
deep divisions within the early Church ⓘ
formulation of the Nicene Creed ⓘ
imperial involvement in doctrinal decisions ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Constantinople (381) ⓘ
Council of Rimini ⓘ
Council of Seleucia (359) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Seleucia

Council of Sirmium ⓘ
Council of Tyre (335) ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Synod of Alexandria (321) ⓘ
startPoint early 4th century ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ

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Orations → historicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Bishop of Sasima → establishedInPeriod → Arian controversy ⓘ
Festal Letters → theologicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Against Eunomius → mainSubject → Arian controversy ⓘ
Eunomianism → controversy → Nicene–Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Son of God → debatedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
Pope Liberius → conflict → Arian controversy ⓘ
Church of the Roman Empire → experiencedEvent → Arian controversy ⓘ
Bishop of Sirmium → associatedWith → Arian controversy ⓘ
Bishop of Sirmium → associatedWith → Nicene–Arian theological debates ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Serdica → councilConcernedWith → Arian controversy ⓘ
Eusebius of Nicomedia → influenced → Arian party in the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Council of Sirmium → partOf → Arian controversy ⓘ
Council of Seleucia → partOf → Arian controversy ⓘ
Council of Rimini → partOf → Arian controversy ⓘ
Council of Rimini → hasCause → Arian controversy ⓘ
Meletian schism → hasCause → Arian controversy ⓘ
Nestorian controversy → precededBy → Arian controversy ⓘ
Council of Antioch (341) → mainTopic → Arian controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Antioch
Eudoxius of Antioch → participatedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
St. Cyril of Jerusalem → participatedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
late Roman Christianity → associatedWith → Arian controversy ⓘ
Christianization of the Visigoths → relatedTo → Arian–Nicene theological controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Homoousian theology → developedInResponseTo → Arian controversy ⓘ
Homoiousian theology → developedInContextOf → Arian controversy ⓘ
Council of Serdica → mainTopic → Arian controversy ⓘ
Liberius → seeAlso → Arian controversy ⓘ
Pope Julius I → involvedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
Pope Julius I → seeAlso → Arian controversy ⓘ
De Synodis → mainTopic → Arian controversy ⓘ
De Synodis → historicalContext → Arian–Nicene controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Germinius of Sirmium → notableEvent → Arian controversy ⓘ
Constantia → associatedWith → Arian controversy ⓘ
Paul I of Constantinople → conflict → Arian–Nicene controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
deposition of Athanasius of Alexandria → partOf → Athanasius–Arian conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Council of Constantinople of 360 → isPartOf → Arian controversy ⓘ
Nicene party → controversy → Arian controversy ⓘ
Seleucia in Isauria → councilHeldIn → Arian controversy councils ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Basil of Ancyra → participatedIn → Arian controversy ⓘ
Eleusius of Cyzicus → theologicalDispute → Arian controversy ⓘ
Second Creed of Antioch → theologicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Third Creed of Antioch → historicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Marcellus of Ancyra → seeAlso → Arian controversy ⓘ
Christianity in Anatolia → hasPart → Arian controversy in Asia Minor ⓘ
linked to: Arian controversy
Homoian creed → relatedMovement → Arian controversy ⓘ
Saint Sylvester → theologicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Paulinian party in Antioch → doctrinalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ
Paulinus of Antioch → theologicalContext → Arian controversy ⓘ