Prelude: The Roman World Transformed (300-600) - The Provincialization of the Empire (250-350) - Doctrine
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Who were the victors in the battles over doctrine?
- The so-called Church Fathers were the victors in the battles over doctrine.
- Saint Athanasius (295-373) - secretary to the bishop of Alexandria, later bishop there himself - had led the challenge against the beliefs of the Christians next door.
- He called them "Arians," rather than Christians, after the priest Arius, another Alexandrian and a competing focus of local loyalties.
- Athanasius promoted his views at the Council of Nicaea (325) and won. It is because of this that he is considered the orthodox catholic "Father," while Arius is the "heretic."
What does "God was triune" mean?
What happened to Arius, and his doctrine, after he lost the battle of doctrines?
- Arius was condemned and banished. His doctrine, however, persisted.
- It was the brand of Christianity that Ulfila (311-382), a Gothic bishop with Roman connections, preached to the Goths beyond the borders of the Empire, at the same time translating the Bible into the Gothic language.
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About who did the Council of Nicaea worry and why?
What did the Nicene Creed declare about Jesus?
What happened to Monophysite belief?
What did Augustine believe about God?
- Augustine repudiated the Manichees for their dualism, which made God only one of two cosmic powers, so he rejected Pelagianism for its woeful misreading of human nature.
- In Augustine's view, human beings were capable of nothing good without God's grace working through them: "Come, Lord, act upon us and rouse us up and call us back! Fire us, clutch us, let your sweet fragrance grow upon us!"
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