The Arian Controversy

The history of the church during nearly the entire 4th century A.D. is chiefly a history of the Arian controversy. And, if it may be said at all that the controversy was settled in those two generations, it was followed by a series of controversies essentially connected with it, which for centuries tore the Church and, since the Church and Empire were so interrelated, also succeeded very well in shaking up the Empire. The heresy began about 311 A.D. in Alexandria where Arius was a deacon....