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To: Antoninus

Sorry for the typo. Arius is right. Thanks for the correction.
Apparently he was not even a bishop, just presbyter.
Christianity since the time of Constantine until the rein of Theodosius was oscillating between orthodoxy (Athanasius) and Arians. Councils of Tyre and Smirnium were Arian wins, Council of Nicaea was decisive victory of Athanasius, although even there almost half of the bishops were Arians. Arians were around for a long while, see the Visigoths above, but eventually they were repudiated,, books burned etc.
Medieval Christianity attributed Arians all kind of evils, but during the early times, they were considered fellow Christians with somewhat different theological views. Just few votes here and there, we could be all Arians now?!


9 posted on 04/13/2021 7:45:31 PM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: AZJeep
Just few votes here and there, we could be all Arians now?!

Not exactly. Orthodoxy is not determined by vote. At Nicaea, in fact, nearly all of the bishops present voted for the orthodox formula. Those few who didn't were excommunicated.
10 posted on 04/13/2021 7:58:26 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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