The doctrines of the Arians.
View defended by Arius, a fourth-century priest in Alexandria, that Jesus was not the same as God, but was the greatest of all creatures; Arianism was the version of Christianity held by important Germanic kingdoms, including the Visigoths and the Lombards, between the fifth and seventh centuries. (Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 359)
The teaching of Arius, who was condemned by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. He maintained that Jesus Christ was a created being, that He was not eternal, that though He might be called "God" as a courtesy title, He did not share in the essence or being of the Father and thus was not truly God. (Similar to the belief of Jehovah's Witnesses.)
Arianism is the Heretical doctrine of fourth century theologian Arius, which was of major importance in the development of Christology during this time. This doctrine that denies that Christ is God, and treated Him only as the highest of God's creatures. The basis of this teaching was that since the Son was begotten of the Father, it meant that there was a time when Christ didn't exist. They hold that He was therefore created, and is a creature existing only as an inferior deity. [ back
(AR· ian· ism). The teaching attributed to Arias, born ca. 250 in Libya, that Jesus of Nazareth is not coeternal with the Father.
(Arius) - Movement in the early church that believed God the father alone was God, and that Jesus was created. Declared heretical at the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325, and again at the Council of Constantinople in A.D. 381.
A doctrine held by some early fourth century Christians and named after Arius, an Alexandrian priest with whom the doctrine originated. Arians saw Jesus as both begotten and created by God, but not eternally coexisting with Him, or "one in the same." Jesus was therefore not of the same divine status as God. Arianism was essentially an attempt to maintain the Christian connection with Jewish monotheism, but it was seen as heretical by the council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which asserted that Jesus was begotten by God, but not created by Him, and that Jesus was of the same substance as God.
heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
The doctrines of Arius (4th century) and his followers, denying that Christ is one substance with the Father
a heretical doctrine associated with the teachings of Arius, an Alexandrian priest of the fourth century who taught that God created from nothing ( ex nihilo) and begot a Son before He created all other things. The Son of God, according to Arius, was divine but not equal to God. This doctrine was condemned as heresy at the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.). The official Church teaching at Nicaea was that Jesus and God are consubstantial, of one and the same substance.
The Christological views of Arius (280?-336), a priest at Alexandria. Arius held that there is only one God, and that the Son or Logos is a divine being like God but created by God. Thus, Jesus was a demigod. This view came very close to sweeping Christendom in the fourth century, but was condemned at the Council of Nicea in 325 and again at the Council of Constantinople in 381.
The Christological heresy that maintained that the Son of God, because he was generated from God, could not be God, because God is not a generated being (see Christology).
The heresy of Arius that Jesus is not fully God (created, but not begotten; like God, but not the same as God)
a theological belief, originated with Arius, a priest of Alexandria, that denied that Christ was divine and co-eternal with God the Father (p. 193)
An early Christian heresy named after Arius (250-336 CE). He taught that Jesus was not in existence for all time, but was created by God near the end of the first century BCE. He also taught a form of monotheism in which there is only one person in the Godhead -- the Father -- and not a Trinity. The church at the time was evenly divided over whether Arianism was truth or a heresy. Constantine's vote swayed the balance, and it became a heresy.
A major early Christological heresy, which treated Jesus Christ as the supreme of God's creatures, and denied his divine status. The Arian controversy was of major importance in the development of Christology during the fourth century.
A Fourth Century heresy in which the dogma that Christ is consubstantial with God the Father was denied.
An ancient heresy named after Arius, the fourth-century priest who promoted it. Arianism denies the full divinity and eternity of God the Son, claiming that the Son had a beginning and is subordinate to the Father. The Jehovah's Witnesses teach a similar error today. The Nicene Creed was formulated in response to this heresy.
