[gothic-l] Re: Arianism encouraged Judaism

[Frank Verhoft]

Dear Mr Labovsky, Dear Goths


Mr Labosky wrote:
+ACI-I see that Arianism is being discussed on this group so I decided to add my two-cent worth. Because Ostrogoths were Arian Christians and rejected Jesus Christ as the Son of God their Sarmato-Goth descendants had an easy time rejecting Christianity and adopting Judaism following the advice of visiting rabbis.+ACI-

Since English doesn't seem to be your first language (and neither is it mine), I'll try to answer with a quote from Mos+AOk-'s +ACI-Manuel de la langue gotique+ACI-, in French (even though my e-mail programme can't do accents and the like):
+ACI-La vie de Wulfila est exactement contemporaine de cette puissante lutte dogmatique quie secoua l'Eglise au IVe siecle. C'est en 323 en effet qu'Arius formula sa doctrine. Elle consiste, on le sait, a nier que le Fils soit 'constubstantiel+ACI- au Pere. Pour les Ariens, Le Fils n'est pas 'egal' au Pere, mais seulement 'semblable' ou de 'substence semblable' et ils est subordonne au au Pere comme le Saint-Esprit l'est au Fils+ACI-.

This +ACI-lutte dogmatique+ACI- is about whether Father and Son consist of the same substance or not, resp. the orthodox view (homoiousios) vs. the Arian one (homoousios) and in the discussion the +ACI-father-son relation+ACI- between God and J.C. is beyond any doubts of either party.

Arians +ACo-never+ACo- +ACI-rejected Jesus Christ as the Son of God+ACI-, as any source on Arianism could have told you. Even, believe me or not, the Encyclopaedia Britannica. More details can be found on this page: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu+AD0-9522+ACY-hook+AD0-147632+ACM-147632.hook .

+ACI-Two-cents worth+ACI- opinions, please don't overrate them... Having in mind the average internet account, though, I guess that's the price one has to pay to download and read the page.


Regards,

Frank Verhoft


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