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Why is Arius important?
Why Arius is important
Why should we learn about Arius? Was he not the devil’s pupil, as Athanasius implied (RW, 101)?
The Term Arian
The terms “Arian,” “Arianism” and “Arian Controversy,” which were ...
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Why is Arius important?
Arius is important because his views stimulated a controversy that brought about the first Ecumenical Council, involved the Roman Emperor in church policy for the first time, and began a see-saw ...
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Why is Arius important?
Why is Arius important?
It is not so much why is Arius is important, that is in question. Of more importance to Trinitarians is the fact that Arianism was considered the most serious heresy, ...
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Did Arius say that the Son is mutable?
Unfortunately, you don't provide the page 96 quote from Williams' book, in full. The ellipsis bit could skew the meaning implied in your question. The full quote really should be provided. But, ...
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Did Arius say that the Son is mutable?
If the Son is eternally begotten of the Father and is begotten of eternal life and possesses eternal life himself . . . . then he is immutable.
If he is not so, but otherwise, then he has changed ...
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Did Arius say that the Son is mutable?
Introduction
It is generally taught, based on principles of Greek philosophy but also based on the Bible, that God is immutable, meaning "unchanging over time."
Arianism is named after the ...
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Did Arius teach that time existed before the Son existed?
Arius, the fourth-century presbyter after which Arianism is named, taught that God created all things through His Son. For example, Athanasius, in his paraphrase of Arius’ writings, wrote:
“When He (...
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Did Arius teach that time existed before the Son existed?
If your first source is correct (with the missing ellipsis bits not making any difference to the rest), then the quote of Arius a few pages further on surely does show up a contradiction in the man's ...
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