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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 [[trinity|trinitarian]] view prevailed in those regions. | 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 [[trinity|trinitarian]] view prevailed in those regions. | ||
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Originating around AD 300, Arianism was the theological view that Jesus was divine, but created and lesser than God the Father. It was considered to be a heresy.
Arianism was officially condemned as incorrect by the Council of Nicaea in 325, which gave its seal of authority to the established trinitarian view. The theology of the nature of Christ, including the Arian view, caused repeated religious and political turmoil im the Roman Empire up to the 5th Ecumenical Council in 553 AD.[1] In particular, the biggest influence and conflict due to Arianism was from the barbarian tribes surrounding the Empire. They had generally been Christianized, but mostly followed an Arian creed and opposed the Orthodox faith.
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.
- ↑ J. Herrin (1987) The Formation of Christendom. Fontana Press, London.