The Heretic Arius

St. Nicholas Strikes Arius


Around a.d. 320 Arius, a presbyter in the church at Alexandria, denied that Christ as Son of God was co-equal and co-eternal with God, the Father.




When the devil wants to make us pious, he emphasizes the importance of our life at the expense of faith; or when he has something special in mind and wants to make you clever and smart, he appeals to your reason in opposition to doctrine, just as he did in the case of the heretic Arius and to others. –Martin Luther