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CONTENTS
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The fitness of the Incarnation 150
His teaching Nicene 151
Note: Origenistic theology and controversies 152-154
CHAPTER XII
THE ARIAN C0NTR0VERSY
Introductory — the previous course of the doctrine and the causes of the controversy 155, 156
Arius and his teaching 156-160
The sources of knowledge of Arian theories 157, 158
The developement of the doctrine of the Person of Christ before Arius (note)157
The sources of knowledge of Arian theories (note) 157-158
Arian interpretation of Scripture 161-163
Outbreak of controversy and history up to Council of Nicaea 163, 164
The Council of Nicaea and its Creed 165-170
The Reaction after Nicaea — personal and doctrinal 171
Attempts to supersede the Nicene Creed—Council of Antioch 311 172
Its second Creed 173-175
Its other Creeds 175
Opposition of the West to any new Creed—Council of Sardica 343 176
Renewed attempt to secure a non-Nicene Creed—the μακρόστιχος ἔκθεσις 176
Condemnation of Photinus and tranquillization of the 'moderates': subsidence of fears of Sabellianism 177
Developement of extreme form of Arianism after death of Constans 178
The Council of Sirmium 357 179
Arianism in the West (note)179
The Sirmian manifesto (note)180
Protests of the 'moderates' in the East 181
The 'Homoean' compromise 182-185
Gradual conversion of 'Semi-Arians' and convergence of parties to the Nicene definition 185-187
Final victory of the Nicene interpretation at the Council of Constantinople 187-189
The 'Constantinopolitan' Creed (note)188
Arianism outside the Empire, and the causes of the failure of Arianism (note)189
Notes: Marcellus 190-192
Homoiousios and the Homoeans 192-193
The meaning of Homoousios in the 'Constantinopolitan' Creed 193
'By the Will of the Father' 194
Μονογενής—Unigenitus—Unicus 195