http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/arius/ Putting it all together Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/arius/#comment-7506 Fr. J. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:55:27 +0000 http://earthpages.wordpress.com/?p=1406#comment-7506 Arius' position affected both his concept of God--nontrinitarian, as you say--and his concept of the person of Jesus whom he regarded as not divine but a creature like other human beings. The Orthodox position is that Christ is begotten of the Father and not made (or created), the person of Christ is both fully human and fully divine. It is complicated stuff when you look at it closely, but there it is. Arius’ position affected both his concept of God–nontrinitarian, as you say–and his concept of the person of Jesus whom he regarded as not divine but a creature like other human beings. The Orthodox position is that Christ is begotten of the Father and not made (or created), the person of Christ is both fully human and fully divine. It is complicated stuff when you look at it closely, but there it is.

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