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( Arianism)
History and Theology
Arius&_160;· Acacians&_160;· Anomoeanism&_160;· Arian controversy&_160;· First Council of Nicaea&_160;· Lucian of Antioch&_160;· Gothic Christianity
Arius lived and taught in Alexandria, Egypt in the early 4th century. The most controversial of his teachings dealt with the relationship between God the Father and the person of Jesus, saying that Jesus was not of one substance with the Father and that there had been a time before he existed. This teaching of Arius conflicted with other christological positions held by Church theologians (and subsequently maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and most Protestant Churches). The term "Arianism" is also used to refer to other nontrinitarian theological systems of the fourth century, which regarded the Son of God, the Logos, as a created being (as in Arianism proper and Anomoeanism) or as neither uncreated nor created in the sense other beings are created (as in "Semi-Arianism"). Arius posed the question, "Is Jesus unbegotten?" In other words, he taught that God the Father and the Son did not exist together eternally. Further, Arius taught that the pre-incarnate Jesus was a divine being created by (and possibly inferior to) the Father at some point, before which the Son did not exist. In English-language works, it is sometimes said that Arians believe that Jesus is or was a "creature"; in this context, the word is being used in its original sense of "created being." That doctrine that Arius wrote was based on Scriptures such as John 1428 where Jesus says that the father is "greater than I" to John 1720-26 where Jesus asks that the Apostles become "one as we are one" so that all of them including Jesus and God become one, thus demonstrating that the oneness refers to thought and will, and not a physical Trinity, or so Arius believed.
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Arianism Articles
Good Health and Vegetarianism. by Leo Pierson
Many studies prove Illness is a consequence of wrong diet, and nervous and mental tensions caused by selfishness, pride and ever-spreading materialism; whereas vegetarianism is the solution to the world's serious hunger problems. When Lat...
Weight Loss Shown to be a Result of Vegetarianism. by Leo Pierson
Well-balanced vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly and competitive athletes. In most cases, vegetarian diets are beneficial in the prevention ...
Vegetarianism Has Many Benefits. by Leo Pierson
The only two doctors in human history who have successfully reversed heart disease have included an exclusively vegetarian diet as a part of their programs. The average vegan cholesterol level is 133 (compared to 210 for meat-eaters); there are no...
Vegetarianism: Weight Loss and Vegetarianism by Nicholas Tan
Think about it, have you ever seen a fat vegetarian? Probably not. In fact, for most of us, vegetarian is almost synonymous with lean and healthy, isn’t it? And when you start any diet, what’s the first thing the experts tell you? Generally it’s to i...
Vegetarians: Weight Loss and Vegetarianism by Nicholas Tan
Think about it, have you ever seen a fat vegetarian? Probably not. In fact, for most of us, vegetarian is almost synonymous with lean and healthy, isn’t it? And when you start any diet, what’s the first thing the experts tell you? Generally it’s to i...
Switching to vegetarianism keeps weight down by paul douglas
According to scientists, people who want to keep their weight down, should switch to a vegetarian diet.
Scientists, who examined the eating habits of 22,000 people over five year period, both meat consumers and vegetarians, discovered they al...
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