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Paul I of Constantinople. Nicholas of Myrra. Christianity portal. v. t. e. The fourth-century Arian controversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of Jesus Christ. “The crisis of the fourth century was the most dramatic internal struggle the Christian Church had so far experienced” (Williams, p. 1).
Athanasius I of Alexandria[ note 1 ] (c.296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years (c.8 June 328 – 2 May 373), of ...
Arianism (Koinē Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [ 1 ] is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all modern mainstream branches of Christianity. [ 2 ] It is first attributed to Arius (c.AD 256–336), [ 1 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt. [ 1 ] Arian theology holds that ...
Athanasius of Alexandria was a theologian, Pope of Alexandria, and a noted Egyptian leader of the 4th century. He is best remembered for his role in the conflict with Arianism. At the First Council of Nicaea, Athanasius argued against the Arian doctrine that Christ is of a distinct substance from the Father. [35]
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, the most vocal opponent of Arianism, was ultimately exiled through the machinations of Eusebius of Nicomedia. After the death of Constantine I in 337 and the accession of his Arian-leaning son Constantius II , open discussion of replacing the Nicene creed itself began.
The Councils of Sirmium were the five episcopal councils held in Sirmium in 347, 351, 357, 358 and finally in 375 or 378. In the traditional account of the Arian Controversy, the Western Church always defended the Nicene Creed. [1] However, at the third council in 357—the most important of these councils—the Western bishops of the Christian ...
v. t. e. Arius (/ əˈraɪəs, ˈɛəri -/; Koinē Greek: Ἄρειος, Áreios; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He has been traditionally regarded as the founder of Arianism, [1][2] which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created before time. Arian theology and its doctrine ...
Saint Meletius (Greek: Μελέτιος, Meletios) was a Christian bishop of Antioch from 360 until his death in 381. However, his episcopate was dominated by a schism, usually called the Meletian schism. During the reigns of the Homoian (Homoean) emperors Constantius and Valens, he was exiled in 361–362, 365–366 and 371–378, implying his ...