Arian

(a. & n.) See Aryan.

(a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.

(n.) One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.

艾米编辑

• Most of the barbarian invaders of the empire were Arians; probably because their simple minds found the Trinitarian position incomprehensible. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The chief views that the historian notices are those of the Arians, the Sabellians, and the Trinitarians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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