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The barbarian tribes which invaded [[Rome]], and caused its fall in 476, were often Arians.  The [[Visigoths]] and the [[Ostrogoths]], and especially [[Theoderic]], were followers of the Arian heresy.  It would take centuries before the trinitarian view prevailed in those regions.  The 5th Ecumenical Council in 553 ended the last outreaches of Arianism within greater Europe.<ref>J. Herrin (1987) The Formation of Christendom. Fontana Press, London. </ref>

The barbarian tribes which invaded [[Rome]], and caused its fall in 476, were often Arians.  The [[Visigoths]] and the [[Ostrogoths]], and especially [[Theoderic]], were followers of the Arian heresy.  It would take centuries before the trinitarian view prevailed in those regions.  The 5th Ecumenical Council in 553 ended the last outreaches of Arianism within greater Europe.<ref>J. Herrin (1987) The Formation of Christendom. Fontana Press, London. </ref>

==Later developments==

==Later developments==

Arianism died out as an organized force but its ideas were known to theologians. Arianism Unitarianism in [[Renaissance]] Europe grew out of the teachings of the Italians Lelio Sozzini, or Socinus (1525-1562), and his nephew Fausto (1539-1604) during the period of the [[Protestant Reformation]]. [[Isaac newton]] was an Arian--indeed he modeled himself after Arius--but kept it secret because heresy would ccost him his official academoc and government appointments.

Arianism died out as an organized force but its ideas were known to theologians. Arianism Unitarianism in [[Renaissance]] Europe grew out of the teachings of the Italians Lelio Sozzini, or Socinus (1525-1562), and his nephew Fausto (1539-1604) during the period of the [[Protestant Reformation]]. [[Isaac newton]] was an Arian--indeed he modeled himself after Arius--but kept it secret because heresy would cost him his official academic and government appointments.

[[Unitarian]] ideas that emerged in England and the U.S. after 1770 have many similarities to Arianism.

[[Unitarian]] ideas that emerged in England and the U.S. after 1770 have many similarities to Arianism.

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

*Gonzalez, Justo L. '' A History of Christian Thought: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon'' (2nd ed. 1987); [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Beginnings-Chalcedon/dp/0687171822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823941&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]

*Gonzalez, Justo L. '' A History of Christian Thought: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon'' (2nd ed. 1987); [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Beginnings-Chalcedon/dp/0687171822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823941&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]