Arianism

[air-ee-uh-niz-uhm, ar-]

noun

Theology.

1. the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.

Arianism

/ ˈɛərɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the doctrine of Arius, pronounced heretical at the Council of Nicaea, which asserted that Christ was not of one substance with the Father, but a creature raised by the Father to the dignity of Son of God

Other Word Forms

• Arianistic adjective
• Arianistical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arianism¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; Arian + -ism

Example Sentences

Arianism held that God is a unique being and that therefore Jesus was not truly divine.

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And, on the same model, heresies were named after their originators: Donatism and Arianism, for example.

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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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The aureole which the genius of Theodoric cast around his throne passed away upon his death, and the Arianism of that great sovereign sufficiently debarred him from the sympathies of the Church.

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

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