Sunday, April 17, 2005

The Private Creed of Arius

Have a look at the Creed of Arius, the heretical priest of Alexandria in the fourth century, whose teachings of a created Logos led to the formation of the Nicene Creed. What sits in your mind as you read this?

We believe in one God,
the Father Almighty;
And in the Lord Jesus Christ, his Son,
who was begotten of him before all ages,
the Divine Logos,
through whom all things were made, both those in the heavens and those on the earth;
who came down and was made flesh;
and suffered;
and rose again;
and ascended to the heavens;
and shall come again to judge the quick and the dead.
And in the Holy Ghost;
and in the resurrection of the flesh;
and in the life of the world to come;
and in a kingdom of heaven;
and in one Catholic Church of God which extends to the ends of the earth.


Does that not seem to align itself with the orthodox creeds of Christianity? Can any of you see the basis on which the early Church bishops condemned Arius for teaching heresy?

I will be talking more and more about this as time goes by. But I would like folks to look at this and think about why we consider some teachings heretical. This will also tie into discussions about the LDS church and their teachings of who Jesus is.

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