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Arianism

Was the Son a creature, or eternal God alongside the Father

Arianism, taught by Arius, held that the Son is a created being, subordinate to the Father and not coeternal with him. The Council of Nicaea in 325 condemned this teaching and affirmed that the Son is of one being with the Father. Rejected by all the major Christian traditions, Arianism remains the classic example of denying the full and eternal divinity of Christ.

How it traveled

  1. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    applies
  2. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  3. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  4. Defence Against the Arians. (Apologia Contra Arianos.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  5. On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia. (De Synodis.)
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  6. Defence of the Nicene Definition. (De Decretis.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  7. Arian History. (Historia Arianorum ad Monachos.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  8. Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  9. Defence of Dionysius. (De Sententia Dionysii.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  10. Encyclical Letter. (Epistola Encyclica.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  11. Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  12. Apology to the Emperor. (Apologia Ad Constantium.)
    Alexandria · 373
    applies
  13. Circular to Bishops of Egypt and Libya. (Ad Episcopos Ægypti Et Libyæ Epistola Encyclica.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  14. Letter of Eusebius. (Epistola Eusebii.)
    Alexandria · 373
    challenges
  15. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  16. De Spiritu Sancto
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    challenges
  17. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    challenges
  18. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  19. Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    applies
  20. Against Eunomius
    Nyssa · 395
    challenges
  21. Answer to Eunomius' Second Book
    Nyssa · 395
    challenges
  22. Exposition of the Christian Faith
    Milan · 397
    explains
  23. On the Holy Spirit
    Milan · 397
    challenges
  24. Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose
    Milan · 397
    challenges
  25. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    challenges
  26. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    challenges
  27. Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus
    Aquileia · 411
    explains
  28. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
    applies
  29. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    applies
  30. The Dialogue Against the Luciferians
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  31. The Sacred History Of Sulpitius Severus
    Toulouse (Aquitaine) · 425
    explains
  32. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    challenges
  33. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    challenges
  34. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
    challenges
  35. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    explains
  36. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  37. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    explains
  38. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  39. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  40. Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43])
    Paris · 1274
    challenges

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