page_title: Arius
hierarchical_section_title: Arius
caption_attribution_description: English: Icon from the Mégalo Metéoron Monastery in Greece, representing the First Ecumenical Council of Nikea 325 A.D., with the condemned Arius in the bottom of the icon. Norsk bokmål: Ikon fra Mégalo Metéoron Klosteret i Hellas, med motiv fra det første økumeniske konsil i Nikea (325 e.Kr.), med kjetteren Arius i nederste del av ikonet.
context_page_description: Arius was an early Christian thinker. He lived in Alexandria, but was probably born in Libya. He did not agree with his bishop Alexander who said that Jesus and God were the same. Arius said Jesus and God were not the same since there was a time when Jesus did not exist.
  At the First Council of Nicea, most bishops did not vote with Arius; the official document says that God the Father and Jesus the Son were of the same essence, and therefore the same being. They voted that Jesus and God had existed together for all time.
context_section_description: Arius (born around 260, died 336 in Constantinople) was an early Christian thinker. He lived in Alexandria, but was probably born in Libya.  He did not agree with his bishop Alexander who said that Jesus and God were the same. Arius said Jesus and God were not the same since there was a time when Jesus did not exist. 
  At the First Council of Nicea, most bishops did not vote with Arius; the official document says that God the Father and Jesus the Son were of the same essence, and therefore the same being.  They voted that Jesus and God had existed together for all time.
caption: An icon from the time, showing the First Council of Nicea, which opposed Arius' position. Artius is shown at the bottom of the image. The central figure is Constantine.
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