Arianism

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Arianism is a form of Christianity. It was developed by Arius. Arianism has died out today, but was important during the Roman era, into the Middle Ages.

Arianism opposed the dogma of the holy trinity

[change] What the followers believed

The following is reconstructed, mainly from letters about Arianism from those who opposed it. It may therefore not be accurate

• Only god father is god. He alone is not-born, eternal, wise, and good. He does not change.
• God cannot create the world by himself. He needs help from something called Logos (The word). This Logos was created to create the world. God the son existed before he was made man. He is a being that is between god and the world. He is the perfect image of god father. There is one exception though: Unlike god father, he was created (from nothing) by the will of the father. This happened at the beginning of time. Therefore, he is not eternal. There was a time when he was not there. In the same way, his power, his wisdom and his knowledge are limited.

Between the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and the First Council of Constantinople in the year 381 there were no less than 18 different Creeds used by Arianists.

[change] Arianism today

In the 16th century there was again a movement against the belief in trinity. A well-known person teaching this was Fausto Sozzini. The led to a movement called Unitarianism. Unitarians believe that there is only one person in god, not the three-in-one dogma of trinity. Today, the movement can mainly be found in Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States.