4.11 The Heresies - Arianism: A Man Who Became a God | Way of the Fathers

Arianism was the fourth century evolution of adoptionism, in which Arius made a concession to the mainstream by accepting a quasi-divinity in Jesus Christ. But this was an acquired divinity, an earned divinity, and a divinity that was less than that of the Father. The controversy led to the first worldwide (ecumenical) council of bishops, the Council of Nicaea, in the year 325 AD, and it ultimately led to the crafting of the Nicene Creed, as the Church’s definitive statement of orthodox faith.
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To listen to Mike Aquilina’s episode 23 on Alexander of Alexandria: www.catholicculture.org/comme...
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  • @GerrardAtgoogle
    @GerrardAtgoogle4 күн бұрын

    Fantastisk work, thank you! May the Lord bless you.

  • @josephjude1290
    @josephjude1290Ай бұрын

    Maybe the Muslim faith got some of its’s beliefs from the priest Arius. Good information

  • @handel1111

    @handel1111

    Ай бұрын

    Muhammad met an Arian monk

  • @user-sq8zi9wb9k

    @user-sq8zi9wb9k

    Ай бұрын

    To be exact, Muhammed met a nestorian monk, which really boils down to meeting someone with arian beliefs

  • @kevinjanghj

    @kevinjanghj

    Ай бұрын

    Waraqa, the monk Muhammad met via his first wife Khadija, was an Arian monk.

  • @atomnous

    @atomnous

    Ай бұрын

    That's not possible, because Muslims don't believe God begot anyone or was begotten. They also don't believe in crucifixion and resurrection.

  • @johnbrowne2170

    @johnbrowne2170

    29 күн бұрын

    Islam is closer to Catholicism than you think. Both false religions to start with.

  • @Monkofmagnesia
    @MonkofmagnesiaАй бұрын

    One of thw ways the Church refuted Arianism was by concentrating on Mary, the mother of Jesus. She was delared to be Theotokas ("God bearer). Until Arius, not much attention was paid towrds her. At the time of Arius, Churches were built in her honor, hyms wriien in her praise and prayers such as the "Hail, Mary" were composed. As to Arius, he died on the toilet, much like Herod the Great and Elvis the King,

  • @wungabunga

    @wungabunga

    16 күн бұрын

    ThangUveryMuch.

  • @milkeywilkie

    @milkeywilkie

    8 күн бұрын

    Lol

  • @arielwertlen6709
    @arielwertlen6709Ай бұрын

    Babe, wake up. A new heresy deep dive just dropped.

  • @dgolden_VCR
    @dgolden_VCRАй бұрын

    This is excellent! Thank you!

  • @fantasia55
    @fantasia5515 күн бұрын

    The Pope's legate chaired the Council of Nicea and began proceedings by reading a papal letter.

  • @MainframeCobol
    @MainframeCobolАй бұрын

    So Arius read the Scriptures and twisted them to his destruction. Hmmm, well there goes sola scriptura. Cheers

  • @johnbrowne2170

    @johnbrowne2170

    29 күн бұрын

    The Catholic Church said there were errors in the Bible so they made the pope infallible so that the church's tradition became more reliable than the Word of God. Typical catholic heresy.

  • @marvalice3455

    @marvalice3455

    10 күн бұрын

    I don't believe in sola scriptura because I was raised a Jehovah's witness, who are basically Arian.

  • @davidjanbaz7728

    @davidjanbaz7728

    8 күн бұрын

    LOL 😂 your ignorant understanding of Sola Scriptura.

  • @johnbrowne2170

    @johnbrowne2170

    8 күн бұрын

    @@marvalice3455 JWs aren't Christians.

  • @johnbrowne2170

    @johnbrowne2170

    8 күн бұрын

    @@marvalice3455 Not Christian.

  • @fantasia55
    @fantasia5515 күн бұрын

    You're assuming that the Pope did not attend Nicea because Arianism was not important in the West. In fact, he thought it improper to leave Rome.

  • @ChristianOrthodoxy
    @ChristianOrthodoxyАй бұрын

    That's the so-called Jehovah's Witness great great... great, grand_father.

  • @mathnsciencewhiz

    @mathnsciencewhiz

    Ай бұрын

    Actually, we Jehovah's Witnesses don't view Arius as our forefather and we don't believe everything he taught. We discussed his views in 1984: Historian H. M. Gwatkin states in his book The Arian Controversy: “The God of Arius is an unknown God, whose being is hidden in eternal mystery. No creature can reveal him, and he cannot reveal himself.” Arius denied that the Son could really know the Father. The Bible teaches that the Son ‘fully knows’ the Father and that the Son is “the one that has explained him.” (Matthew 11:27; John 1:14, 18) Arius claimed that the Word became God’s Son “by adoption” because of his virtue or moral integrity. The Bible says that he was Jehovah's “only-begotten son.” (John 1:14; 3:16; Hebrews 1:2; Revelation 3:14) Arius taught that Christians could hope to become equal to Christ, whereas the Bible states that God gave him “the name that is above every other name.” (Philippians 2:9-11) Far from being modern-day Arians, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe what the Bible says."

  • @marvalice3455

    @marvalice3455

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@mathnsciencewhizthere is only one "name above every other" and that is Jehovah. So if Christ has a name above every other, than means Jehovah and Jesus refer to the same being.

  • @johnbrowne2170

    @johnbrowne2170

    8 күн бұрын

    JWs are not Christians.

  • @viz8746
    @viz8746Ай бұрын

    I want to start a band called Alexander and the Alexandrians. Our first and only album is to be titled "Never mind the Arians, here's the Contra Mundum".

  • @EsseQuamViderity

    @EsseQuamViderity

    Ай бұрын

    Riveting.

  • @user-xk1bv8yz7o

    @user-xk1bv8yz7o

    15 күн бұрын

    Stupid people like you make others try to find ways to hide the KZread comments section.

  • @marvalice3455
    @marvalice345510 күн бұрын

    This was extremely trippy hearing about after growing up a Jehovah's witness

  • @barbhorses

    @barbhorses

    6 күн бұрын

    I grew up a JW too! I am a grateful Catholic today.

  • @gabrielperera9814
    @gabrielperera9814Ай бұрын

    I think is wrong to say a man who became God ,in all case be ( God became a man) not the other way around we never we be able to became God.plese someone explain this to me

  • @CatholicCulturePod

    @CatholicCulturePod

    Ай бұрын

    You're right, but the title is describing the erroneous belief held by Arians.

  • @atomnous
    @atomnousАй бұрын

    This isn't true: Arius believed Jesus was begotten of God, not adopted. He indeed became human and represents us by getting it right with God, hence giving us a chance to be adopted as sons as well.

  • @davidjanbaz7728

    @davidjanbaz7728

    8 күн бұрын

    Na !!! In Arius's view, the Son has an inferior Divinity than the Father.

  • @antonioreid534
    @antonioreid534Ай бұрын

    I thought Christians did accept “degrees of divinity.” God is divine, angels are divine, Satan is divine and so are demons. Furthermore, among the angels are archangels, a degree of angelic divinity above regular angels.

  • @CatholicCulturePod

    @CatholicCulturePod

    Ай бұрын

    Only God is divine, not angels. But perhaps you mean that there is a hierarchy of pure spirits, and that is true.

  • @antonioreid534

    @antonioreid534

    Ай бұрын

    @@CatholicCulturePod, I’m a Jew. So I really don’t understand Christology. However, in Judaism, God is the only divine sovereign and spirits are divine as opposed to mortal but lack sovereignty, unless you’re using the term “divine” in a specialized sense outside of the context presented in the Hebrew Bible.

  • @STho205

    @STho205

    Ай бұрын

    The Jew is correct. Divine is godlike, celestial, etc... Deus is God in European root language such as latin, old French... A divine service. Divine angelic spirit. Divine host or chorus. Divination by observing and interpreting heavenly signs...such as the star of Moses/The Deliverer's birth.

  • @marvalice3455

    @marvalice3455

    10 күн бұрын

    You're conflating "divine" in a colloquial sense with divine in a strict sense. We can say an angel is "divine" colloquially, because they are more like God than we are in some ways, or because they are like pagan gods. But when we are using divine in it's proper technical sense, angels do not qualify

  • @marvalice3455

    @marvalice3455

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@antonioreid534yeah, the vid maker using "judeo-christian" was silly but it's a common mistake.

  • @serfardi
    @serfardiАй бұрын

    What diffrence does it make. Jesus was our Redeemer, period. He had a mission and he completed it.

  • @CatholicCulturePod

    @CatholicCulturePod

    Ай бұрын

    What difference does it make? Because whether Jesus could be our Redeemer or not precisely depends on His nature and origin.

  • @serfardi

    @serfardi

    Ай бұрын

    @CatholicCulturePod NO it does not.

  • @marvalice3455

    @marvalice3455

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@serfardiu cannot possibly defend the idea that it doesn't matter. If you don't get it that's fine. You are neither required to understand everything, nor are you entitled to under everything. And you don't get to demand others shut up about important things just because you don't get them

  • @serfardi

    @serfardi

    10 күн бұрын

    @marvalice3455 The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, ",Avoid foolish arguments" not that it does not matter, but Those so called Church fathers, over analyze scripture way to often. Obviously influence by Greek Phylosophy.

  • @davidjanbaz7728

    @davidjanbaz7728

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@serfardi stay Ariun: Constantine!!!

  • @pdub69triniboy
    @pdub69triniboyАй бұрын

    I love this channel ❤

  • @trnslash

    @trnslash

    Ай бұрын

    Me too