Athenasius vs. Arianism (2)

God is alone is eternal (not son or spirit)

God creates all things voluntarily

God aline is ungegotten(agenatos)

To geget means to create(Christ is “only-gegotten’ of te father)

God created an independent substance that he usded to create all else (this is the logos, the son of God)

The Son is a perfect creature

The incarnation involves the unification of the divine logos with a human body

The Nicene Council (325)

c. 320 Arius challenged Alexander examined and banned Arius from teaching Arius gets a broad following Constantine untes the empire in 320,

Council convened in 325

Weeks of wrangling

Central points of Arianism