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Originally Posted by wth1257  Arius did not teach that Christ was divine, he taught that Christ was the first creation, but neither equeal nor co-eternal with the Father, he did say Christ was a supernatural being, but not that he was truely divine. |
In any event, supernatural or divine, the Arianist sect was the largest and most notable group that divided itself from mainstream doctrine on the issue of Christ. In the end, only the Visigoths, whom Arius sent missionaries to, embraced that doctrine to any large extent.
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