Arianism

Arianism is said to be a Christological doctrine attributed to Arius from which it gets its name. Arius has been identified as a Christian presbyter or elder who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt.

Arianism supposedly holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by God the Father with the difference that the Son of God did not always exist but was begotten/made before "time" by God the Father; therefore, Jesus was not coeternal with God the Father.

There is very little scripture that contradicts or verifies this belief. If we couple that with their acceptance of the belief that Jesus did begin to exist outside time as time applies only to the creations of God there is even less scripture that delves deeply into this believe or doctrine one way or another.

Arianism as it became known was popular throughout much of the Eastern and Western Roman empires, even after it was denounced as a heresy by the First Council of Nicaea with Constantine in 325. One of the earliest item of debate among early Christians and the Nicolaitan Christians who looked to Constantine as their Benefactor.

Many early Christians were counted among Arians as supporters of their position. They supposedly denied the "eternal generation of the Son" seeing the Son as being begotten in time or before it. Both Tertullian and Justin Martyr were considered by some to at least be pre-Arian, although there had been no call for such a debate.

Also, Origen was accused of Arianism for his use of the phrase "second God".

Eventually the Patriarch Dionysius of Alexandria would be censored and denounced at Rome for saying that Son is a work and creature of God.

After Arius who had been excommunicated by his bishop Alexander of Alexandria a new Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea was called upon to defend Arius where an episcopal or council of bishops at Caesarea pronounced Arius without blame.

Arianism

Arianism

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