Arianism

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Arianism (Koine Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, romanized: Areianismós) has traditionally been defined as a distinct Christological doctrine formulated by the Alexandrian presbyter Arius, which rejected the Trinity and taught that Jesus Christ was a created being subordinate to God the Father. However, modern patristic scholarship—including historians such as Lewis Ayres, R.P.C. Hanson, and Rowan Williams—has heavily critiqued the term "Arianism" as a misleading historiographical misnomer. Scholars emphasize that no single, coherent "Arian" party existed, nor was there a unified school of thought devoted to Arius's specific writings. Instead, those who opposed the First Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed comprised a diverse, loose coalition (often termed the "Eusebian" trajectory) united primarily by their opposition to the homoousios rather than adherence to Arius as an authoritative founder. 'Arian' (Eusebian) theology holds that Jesus is the Son of God, who was begotten by God the Father, with...

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