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== Heresies of the Church Thru the Ages <ref name="term_48949" /> == | == Heresies of the Church Thru the Ages <ref name="term_48949" /> == | ||
<p> The heresy propagated by [[Arius]] denying the [[Divinity]] of | <p> The heresy propagated by [[Arius]] denying the [[Divinity]] of Jesus Christ. Following views which [[Gnostics]] had popularized, he regarded the Son of God as standing midway between God and creatures; not like God without a beginning, but possessing all other [[Divine]] perfections, not of one essence, nature, substance with the Father and therefore not like him in Divinity; an attribute of the Divine nature, the Logos, or Word, Reason. The heresy for a time threatened to rend asunder the [[Catholic]] Church, especially when favored by the emperors of the East. It was the root source of many heresies. Its antagonist [[Athanasius]] (296-373) contended for half a century for the term consubstantial (Greek: ''Homoousion'' , one and the same, as against ''Homoiousion'' , like only) to express the identity of the Son in essence, nature, substance with the Father, which was adopted at the [[Council]] of Nicaea, 325. This decision established the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ, and although it did not end the struggle of the [[Arians]] for ascendancy, it defeated their efforts to anticipate [[Mohammed]] and to introduce [[Unitarianism]] as Catholic belief. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88595" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88595" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20787" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20787" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67550" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67550" /> == | ||
