Arian controversy
Early Christological debate
The Arian controversy was a fourth-century theological dispute over the nature of Christ's divinity.
Arius, an Alexandrian priest, taught that Christ was created by God and therefore subordinate—divine but not equal to the Father.
The Council of Nicaea (325 CE) condemned this view, establishing the doctrine that Father and Son are of one substance.
The controversy shaped Christian orthodoxy and produced the Nicene Creed.
- consubstantialSharing the same being
- divine natureGodlike quality or essence
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- theologianExpert in religious doctrine
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- Church disputesschism, Great Schism, Monophysitism, iconoclasm, papal infallibility
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- ChristologyChristology, Jesus, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Christ
- NicaeaNicene Creed, Athanasius, Constantine I, canons, Easter date
- ConstantineConstantine, Constantine I, Constantinople, Edict of Milan, Council of Nicaea
- church councilscouncils, synods, church councils, convocation, convocations
Arian controversychurch unity
Solidarity among Christian denominations