Posted: Aug 21, 2019 7:09 am
What do we really know of Arius of Alexandria - the Chief and Number One Heretic on the Church's heresiological charts? He was described as the "harbinger of the antichrist". What does this mean? His books were burnt. Search and destroy missions - of private library collections, and anywhere - were organised by Constantine and the army. If you were caught preserving any of the books or Arius it was immediate death by beheading.
The setting is 325 CE. The NT Bible Codex had been sent by Constantine to Alexandria.
How does Arius respond?
It seems to me not credible - despite church dogma to the contrary - that these measures were required to correct a simple theological squabble.
The setting is 325 CE. The NT Bible Codex had been sent by Constantine to Alexandria.
How does Arius respond?
It seems to me not credible - despite church dogma to the contrary - that these measures were required to correct a simple theological squabble.