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- As more and more people began to follow Arius’ teachings, the Church decided to hold the Council of Nicaea in 325 to clarify theological questions. In response to the heresy, the Church not only formulated the Nicene Creed, but condemned Arius in an encyclical letter which may have been written by Athanasius himself.
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Saints Athanasius and Cyril. Saint Athanasius (c. 298–373) attended the Nicene Council as a deacon of the Church in Alexandria. Though only 27 years old, he was a leader at that council in promoting the crucial word homoousios as most fitting to affirm the truth that the Son of God has the same uncreated divine nature as God the Father.
These teachings were condemned and Arius excommunicated in 318 by a council convened by Alexander, the bishop of Alexandria. But that did not by any means close the matter. Ossius (or Hosius) of Cordova, Constantine's trusted spiritual advisor, failed on his mission to bring about a reconciliation.
Jun 20, 2007 · In 328 A.D., when Bishop Alexander died, Athanasius succeeded him as Bishop of Alexandria. He showed straightaway that he was determined to reject any compromise with regard to the Arian theories condemned by the Council of Nicaea.
The First Council of Nicaea in 325 condemned Arius and his theology. The Nicene Creed stated that the Son was homoousion to Patri. In the traditional account of the Arian Controversy, this means "of one substance with the Father," meaning that Father and Son are one single substance or Being.
In 353, Athanasius was once again condemned at the Council of Arles. His church was surrounded by an army of 5000 men in an attempt to arrest him. He managed to escape, taking refuge among the monks in the Egyptian desert, where he wrote many of his books.
Although Arianism was condemned as heretical at the Council of Nicaea in 325, it continued to exert significant influence. Patriarch of Alexandria, St Athanasius (c.296–373) was among the most vigorous defenders of the orthodox view of the divinity of Christ.
After a synod of Egyptian and Libyan bishops condemned Arius and his allies, Arius wrote to Eusebius, the powerful bishop of Nicomedia, invoking a shared connection through the martyred bishop, Lucian of Antioch, and suggesting Alexander’s theology – which he portrayed as a muddled Monarchianism – was not shared by many Eastern bishops ...
