The website named “aleteia” reminded me that Arius had songs or odes contained in a book called #Thaleia, which he wrote after his first condemnation, in order to popularize his doctrine, set to tunes which had gross and infamous associations.
Kraft des Zweifels ist Wesen des Glaubens
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#Arius christlicher Presbyter aus Alexandria
“In particular, it’s hard to read his imaginative portrayal of #Constantine without seeing #Lincoln, or at least a Southern perspective on Lincoln, in the background. The greatest obstacle to the ideal life was a personally charismatic chief executive who was willing to do anything to preserve and extend political unity.”
#Arius #American #history https://scriptoriumdaily.com/nathan-chapman-kouns-author-of-arius-the-libyan/?t&utm_source=perplexity
Arius the Libyan: An Idyll of the Early Church (NY: Appleton, 1884) was a work of historical fiction that portrayed Arius as the real hero of the fourth century. To portray Arius as the good guy requires a complete re-imagining of what Christianity is all