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The Arian controversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of Christ that began with a dispute between Arius and Athanasius of Alexandria, two Christian theologians from Alexandria, Egypt.
May 9, 2016 · When Arius began to teach in Alexandria he fell into the same camp of ‘anti-Modalists’. His language, though, ended up on the other extreme: he argued that the Father alone was truly God and that the Son was the first and greatest creature made by the Father.
- Ryan Reeves
Both were from Alexandria, Arius a distinguished churchman and scholar and Athanasius a brilliant theologian. Arius’s Christology was a mixture of adoptionism and logos theology. His basic notion was that the Son came into being through the will of the Father; the Son, therefore, had a beginning.
Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th pope of Alexandria (as Athanasius I).
In 318 C.E. the bishop of Alexandria, named Alexander, instructed his clergy in the relationship between God and Christ with the phrases, “Always God, always Son” and “at the same time Father, at the same son.” 3 Arius, a presbyter (priest) in Alexandria, objected to the use of “eternal” language applied equally to God and to Christ in their rel...
The argument caught on, but Alexander and Athanasius fought against Arius, arguing that it denied the Trinity. Christ is not of a like substance to God, they argued, but the same substance....
May 9, 2024 · St. Athanasius (born c. 293, Alexandria—died May 2, 373, Alexandria; feast day May 2) was a theologian, ecclesiastical statesman, and Egyptian national leader.
