Was Arius a Conservative or a Novator?
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 8:44 am
Historical Topic - please keep the doctrinal debates in other topics, but if you want to discuss the history and evolution of and from Nicea, the movements involved, etc., this is a good thread to do that.
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I just read a fascinating and brief paper discussing whether Arius was a singular heretic that was dealt with at Nicea or whether the novation was in Alexandria with Athanasius and others around him who derived support for their novations through Nicea. This is not to say whether he was right or wrong in his doctrines, but whether he was following Antiochian or Alexandrian conservative doctrine at the time. It is a very easy read.
Arius Conservativus? The Question of Arius’ Theological Belonging
Volume 21: The Fourth Century Cappadocian Writers
presented at the Seventeenth International Conferenceon Patristic Studies heldin Oxford 2015
https://www.academia.edu/19029662/Arius ... view-paper
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I just read a fascinating and brief paper discussing whether Arius was a singular heretic that was dealt with at Nicea or whether the novation was in Alexandria with Athanasius and others around him who derived support for their novations through Nicea. This is not to say whether he was right or wrong in his doctrines, but whether he was following Antiochian or Alexandrian conservative doctrine at the time. It is a very easy read.
Arius Conservativus? The Question of Arius’ Theological Belonging
Volume 21: The Fourth Century Cappadocian Writers
presented at the Seventeenth International Conferenceon Patristic Studies heldin Oxford 2015
https://www.academia.edu/19029662/Arius ... view-paper