![]() And most of them didn't even know what they were doing or Who they were betraying.Īrianism denied the divinity of Christ. Dramatic! What a charismatic figure! He was passionate! He was zealous! He was a pied piper!īefore you knew it, his doctrines were being sung by priests, fishermen, storekeepers, and farmers mothers were caroling these little ditties to their children on their knees everyone was singing, but it wasn't the Lord they were praising. He even accompanied himself with a musical instrument as he spoke. He cut quite a figure as he went about, the troubadour priest, singing catchy lyrics to tunes everyone had already been humming. Use music! He tirelessly substituted his words (heresies in direct conflict with the teachings of the Church) and set them to popular music of the day. It's nothing new!Īrius came upon a scheme to use many to spread his lies. He has been able to induce the innocent into every form of perversion and act of violence through music. The enemy is so clever! In our time, in the sixties, the Satan of drugs came into the lives of our young through music. ![]() The dogma he was preaching not only brought him in conflict with his Bishop, the very one who had entrusted him with his own church, it created a tidal wave that threatened to sink the ship of the Church.Īrius drew many to him and his false concepts. He just could not resist spouting his new mentor's (Lucian) errors. Since God will ultimately reveal, we find Arius again in hot water. Arius became involved with another heretic called Lucian. Then Bishop Achillas' successor, Bishop Alexander, thought so highly of Arius, he assigned him his own parish!Ī killer kills a heretic spouts heresy a dissenter dissents. Mother Church not only forgave him and accepted him back into the Church, he even maneuvered himself into being accepted into the priesthood! This was done by Bishop Peter's successor Bishop Achillas. He was excommunicated by the same Bishop who had ordained him deacon, Bishop Peter of Alexandria!Īrius later regretted his outburst against the Church. Evidently his loyalties were still with the Meletians, because when they were censured, he bitterly criticized the Church, and came out against her. He then managed to get himself ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church by Peter of Alexandria who was Bishop at the time. Evidently, he did not find what he was searching for he left them. Our first encounter with Arius is somewhere between 300-311 A.D., when he joined up with a group of heretics called Meletians. It has continued assaulting the Church until today, under many titles. He is credited with having started one of the most deadly heretical sects to attack the Early Church that of Arianism. It is popularly believed Arius was born in Libya, in 270 A.D. Saint Joseph Retreat Center Private Retreats Outdoor Stations of Cross - Outdoor Rosary Mysteries Many Faces of Mary Apparitions Collection Super Saints Collection - Lives of the Saints ![]() Instructions - How to and where to view our Streaming Videosġ4 Day Free Trial - WATCH OUR STREAMING CHANNEL DVDS - Digital Video Discs - Complete List
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