Alex Hall tells the story of how the Christian church vacillated between Arius and Athanasius during the fourth century. By focusing on the dueling Church councils during that period (A.D. 318–381) Alex paints a picture, which, although disturbing to those of us who would like to think that such matters as the nature and identity of Jesus were always clear, accurately describes how politics heavily influenced the development of Christology during that time. And more importantly, how the victors in this controversy changed much of Church history. As George Orwell, once said in 1984:
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
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Author: Sean Finnegan and Alex Hall
Keywords: Arianism, Arian, Arius, Arian heresy, Arian controversy, Jehovah's witness, Jehovah's witnesses, Trinitarian, Trinity, Triunity, Trinitarianism, Three in one, Three gods, Three gods one person, Nicene Creed, Nicaea, Nicea, Council of Nicea, First council of Nicea, First council of Nicaea, Arian Conflict, Homoiousian, Homoousian, Homoousion, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Deity of Jesus, Divinity of Jesus, Athanasian, Athanasian Creed, Athanasius, Alex Hall
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 6:4, John 1:1-3, Matthew 28:19, Mark 12:32, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 John 5:7-8
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