Arius

Arius was a Christian priest in the early 4th century who proposed that Jesus Christ was not fully divine but a created being, distinct from God the Father. His teachings sparked controversy because they challenged the traditional view of the Trinity, which affirms Jesus's divine nature. The church condemned Arius’s views at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, affirming that Jesus is both fully God and fully human, sharing the divine essence with God the Father. Arius's ideas are known as Arianism and played a significant role in shaping Christian doctrine and theological debates about the nature of Christ.