Arius
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Cyrenaic presbyter and founder of Arianism
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Why Is Arius Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Arius was a Cyrenaic presbyter, ascetic, and priest. Traditionally, it was claimed that Arius was the founder of the doctrine of Arianism but, more recently, Rowan Williams stated that "Arius’ role in ‘Arianism’ was not that of the founder of a sect. It was not his individual teaching that dominated the mid-century eastern Church."
