Понеже много се писа за "арианите" и
евентуалната идейна връзка между
по-късната богомилска ерес,
реших да постна долният абзац:

"...... Later, Arius (250-336),
once he had been made a presbyter in Alexandria,
began arguing that the catholic tradition concerning the deity of Christ was an invention of men, not found in the scriptures and not believed by the early Christians

Such teachings, however,
were rejected as incompatible with both the Christian faith,
and the Scriptures: which, as has been said,
amount to the same thing in the understanding of those who defined the early Church doctrine.

Since the New Testament had not been formally canonized yet, both the Ebionites and Arians were criticized and defeated based on the Jewish Scriptures (see Septuagint and Tanakh) and books that later became part of the New Testament, according to the interpretation found in the common teaching
and worship of the Church hierarchy,
and through other writings considered reliable.

There are many other examples of the Church's
reliance upon Scripture interpreted in a specific sense...."

Редактирано от tulsanew на 24.03.05 14:13.