Arius

[uh-rahy-uhs, air-ee-]

noun

1. died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.

2. Ancient name of Hari Rud.

Arius

/ ˈɛərɪəs /

noun

1. ?250–336 _ad , Greek Christian theologian, originator of the doctrine of Arianism

Example Sentences

He compares Francis’s desire to open the sacrament to remarried Catholics to Arianism — named for Arius, a priest in ancient Alexandria who taught that Jesus is distinct from and subordinate to God the father.

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By the 1500s, church frescoes and icons were depicting Nicholas slapping Arius.

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The purpose of that Council was not to promulgate some new, fringe belief but rather to decide whether those denying the deity of Jesus, led by Arius, were correct.

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By that point, the primary disputes centered on whether Jesus was God—the followers of a priest named Arius said no, that God created Jesus.

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The doctrine of the Trinity was not decided exclusively by decades of intense debate; the whimsy of Constantine and political maneuvering between by Arius and Athanasius had a significant influence on the outcome.

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