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The Arian Controversy | WYA The Daily Dose of Discipleship

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That one iota does sometimes matter? Let me explain. There was a popular preacher in Alexandria, in the early 4th century A.D. named Arius.. who taught that Jesus Christ was NOT eternally God. Christ was, he believed, a creation of God the Father, who was Not derived of the same substance of the Father, but, as the first 6 highest of God's creations, became the instrument of ALL the rest of creation. The opposition and wholesale animosity this teaching aroused..Sinally resulted in Emperor Con...

That one iota does sometimes matter? Let me explain. There was a popular preacher in Alexandria, in the early 4th century A.D. named Arius.. who taught that Jesus Christ was NOT eternally God. Christ was, he believed, a creation of God the Father, who was Not derived of the same substance of the Father, but, as the first 6 highest of God's creations, became the instrument of ALL the rest of creation. The opposition and wholesale animosity this teaching aroused..Sinally resulted in Emperor Con...

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