Posted on 03/22/2020 6:29:13 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
March 22 is the feast day of Saint Octavian of Carthage — a martyr for orthodox Nicene Christianity to its rival tradition of Arianism.
One of the most consequential of the ancient world’s many confusing christological ruptures, the Arian controversy arose in the fourth century when the priest Arius of Alexandria preached that Christ was a subordinate entity to God the father — distinct from what is now the mainline trinitarian Christian position that God the father and Christ the son are equal and consubstantial divinities. The Arian position enjoyed substantial support, and it was largely to resolve this controversy that the Emperor Constantine convened the Nicene Council to define the church’s official line.
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