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Arianism: Quick Facts

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Illuminated manuscript by Liberale da Verona showing Jesus in blue and red robes before the gates of Jerusalem, surrounded by ornate floral and gold decorations and musical notation.
Lithograph illustration by Carel Christiaan Antony Last showing robed figures burning books before Emperor Constantine and church officials during the First Council of Nicaea.
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Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
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Eusebius of Nicomedia
bishop
Arius
Arius
Christian priest
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
Ulfilas teaching Christianity to the Goths, early 20th-century illustration.
Ulfilas
bishop of the Goths
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Philostorgius
Byzantine historian
Whiston, oil painting by an unknown artist after a portrait by Sarah Hoadly, c. 1720; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Whiston
Anglican priest and mathematician
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George of Laodicea
Egyptian bishop
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George Of Cappadocia
Egyptian bishop
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Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe
African bishop

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