THE ARIANS OF THE
FOURTH CENTURY

BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

THE ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, THEIR DOCTRINE, TEMPER, AND CONDUCT, CHIEFLY AS EXHIBITED IN THE COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH, BETWEEN A.D. 325, & A.D. 381.

BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, M.A. FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE.

Fret not thyself because of the ungodly, neither be thou envious against the evil doers. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
and be withered even as the green herb. Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.—PSALM 37:1–3.

LONDON: J. G. & F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. 1833.

TO THE REV. JOHN KEBLE, FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE FRIEND AND SERVANT, J. H. N.

CONTENTS

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THE ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY.

CHAPTER I
SCHOOLS AND PARTIES IN AND ABOUT THE ANTE-NICENE CHURCH, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO THE ARIAN HERESY

SECTION I
THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH

SECTION II
THE SCHOOLS OF THE SOPHISTS

SECTION III
THE CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA

SECTION IV
THE ECLECTIC SECT

SECTION V
SABELLIANISM

CHAPTER II
ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY TRINITY

SECTION I
ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FORMATION AND IMPOSITION OF CREEDS

SECTION II
THE SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

SECTION III
THE ECCLESIASTICAL DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

SECTION IV
VARIATIONS IN THE ANTE-NICENE THEOLOGICAL STATEMENTS

SECTION V
THE ARIAN HERESY

CHAPTER III
THE COUNCIL OF NICÆA

SECTION I
HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL

SECTION II
CONSEQUENCES OF THE NICENE COUNCIL

CHAPTER IV
COUNCILS IN THE REIGN OF CONSTANTIUS

SECTION I
THE EUSEBIANS

SECTION II
THE SEMI-ARIANS

SECTION III
THE ATHANASIANS

SECTION IV
THE ANOMŒANS

CHAPTER V
THE COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA

SECTION I
THE QUESTION OF THE ARIANIZERS

SECTION II
THE QUESTION OF THE HYPOSTASIS

CHAPTER VI
THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

CHRONOLOGY