Arianism Definition

ârē-ə-nĭzəm, ăr-
noun
The doctrines of Arius, denying that Jesus was of the same substance as God and holding instead that he was only the highest of created beings, viewed as heretical by most Christian churches.
American Heritage
The doctrines of Arius, who taught that Jesus was not of the same substance as God, but a created being exalted above all other creatures.
Webster's New World

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

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Antonyms:
  • athanasianism

Origin of Arianism

  • Eponym from its chief proponent Arius, a priest in Alexandria circa 323 AD.: Arian +‎ -ism

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Arianism Sentence Examples

  • Arianism, when favoured by the reigning emperor, showed itself even more intolerant than Catholic Orthodoxy.

  • In 1767 he was appointed to the charge of Mill Hill Chapel at Leeds, where he again changed his religious opinions from a loose Arianism to definite Socinianism and wrote many political tracts hostile to the attitude of the government towards the American colonies.

  • It may be added that after the Reformation Arianism was revived in Socinianism, and Pelagianism in Arminianism; but the conception of heresy in Protestantism demands subsequent notice.

  • His views on the problems of Arianism, and his attempt to reconcile it with orthodox theology, are contained in A Specimen of True Philosophy (1730, reprinted in Metaphysical Tracts, 1837) and Logology, or a Treatise on the Logos in Seven Sermons on John i.

  • In 356 he went to Alexandria with Eunomius in order to advocate Arianism, but he was banished by Constantius.

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