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ˈɛər i əˌnɪz əm, ˈær-ar·i·an·ism

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Arianismnoun

    heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

Wiktionary

  1. Arianismnoun

    A non-trinitarian Christology, denominated as heretical since Council of Nicaea, but still influential in Monophysite Christianity.

  2. Etymology: Eponym from Arius:

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  1. arianism

    Arianism is a Christian theological doctrine that holds Jesus Christ to be the Son of God who was created by God the Father at a point in time and was therefore neither co-eternal with the Father, nor consubstantial. This belief is in direct opposition to the main body of Christian teaching, which believes in the Holy trinity doctrine suggesting that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of the same divine essence. The ideology is named after Arius, a fourth-century Christian priest in Alexandria who first proposed it. Despite being condemned as heretical in the First Council of Nicaica in 325 AD, variations of Arianism continued to be spoken about and debated.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Arianismnoun

    the doctrines of the Arians

Wikidata

  1. Arianism

    Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius, a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of God to the Son of God. Arius asserted that the Son of God was a subordinate entity to God the Father. Deemed a heretic by the Ecumenical First Council of Nicaea of 325, Arius was later exonerated in 335 at the regional First Synod of Tyre, and then, after his death, pronounced a heretic again at the Ecumenical First Council of Constantinople of 381. The Roman Emperors Constantius II and Valens were Arians or Semi-Arians. The Arian concept of Christ is that the Son of God did not always exist, but was created by—and is therefore distinct from—God the Father. This belief is grounded in the Gospel of John passage “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I." Arianism is defined as those teachings attributed to Arius which are in opposition to mainstream Trinitarian Christological doctrine, as determined by the first two Ecumenical Councils and currently maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, all Reformation-founded Protestant churches, and a large majority of groups founded after the Reformation and calling themselves Protestant, with the exception of such groups as Oneness Pentecostals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Iglesia ni Cristo and Branhamism. "Arianism" is also often used to refer to other nontrinitarian theological systems of the 4th century, which regarded Jesus Christ—the Son of God, the Logos—as either a created being, or as neither uncreated nor created in the sense other beings are created.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Arianism

    the heresy of Arius (q. v.).

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of arianism in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of arianism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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